Bill Text: NY A09829 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the training requirements for prescribers of certain pain medications.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-19 - referred to higher education [A09829 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A09829-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9829 IN ASSEMBLY February 19, 2020 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to training for pres- cribers of certain pain medications The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 of section 3309-a of the 2 public health law, as added by section 1 of part A of chapter 71 of the 3 laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows: 4 (c) The commissioner, in consultation with the department of education 5 and the office of [alcoholism and substance abuse] addiction services 6 and supports, shall establish standards and review and approve course 7 work or training in pain management, palliative care, and addiction and 8 update such standards and approvals as necessary according to best prac- 9 tices for providing patient centered care with the consideration of 10 social determinants of health and co-occuring disorders and shall 11 publish information related to such standards, course work or training 12 on the department's website. 13 § 2. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 3 of section 3309-a of the public 14 health law, as added by section 1 of part A of chapter 71 of the laws of 15 2016, is amended to read as follows: 16 (f) Course work or training shall include, but not be limited to: 17 state and federal requirements for prescribing controlled substances; 18 pain management; appropriate prescribing; managing acute pain; pallia- 19 tive medicine; prevention, screening and signs of [addiction] substance 20 use disorder; responses to abuse and addiction; and end of life care. 21 For each licensed person due to re-register pursuant to this subdivision 22 after July first, two thousand twenty-one, such course work or training 23 shall also include techniques that will reduce the likelihood of over- 24 dose and other harms related to the use of controlled substances and 25 medications used for the treatment of addiction, including information 26 about becoming a buprenorphine prescriber. 27 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 28 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14616-02-0A. 9829 2 1 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 2 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 3 completed by the department of health in consultation with the state 4 education department and the office of addiction services and supports 5 on or before such effective date.