S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4552 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 4, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. P. RIVERA, J. RIVERA, JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, AUBRY, CLARK, COOK, V. LOPEZ, ORTIZ, PEOPLES-STOKES, TOWNS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to direct the commissioner of health to create cultural education demonstration programs for HIV/AIDS health care providers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The commissioner of health shall promulgate rules and regu- 2 lations creating a demonstration program to provide cultural education 3 demonstration programs for health care providers to patients with human 4 immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Such programs 5 shall instruct the health care providers on how to treat patients while 6 being sensitive to their cultural traditions and mores. 7 S 2. The demonstration programs provided for by section one of this 8 act shall provide education in the cultures of the Latin American coun- 9 tries and the Asian countries. 10 S 3. The commissioner of health shall report to the legislature eigh- 11 teen months after the programs have been established on the functioning 12 of the programs along with recommendations for the permanent establish- 13 ment of cultural education demonstration programs for health care 14 providers. 15 S 4. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a 16 law; provided, however, that all regulations necessary to carry out the 17 provisions of this act shall be promulgated before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00031-01-1