Bill Text: NY A09904 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to a podiatry study and report by the commissioner of education, in consultation with the commissioner of health on the implementation of chapter 438 of the laws of 2012, as amended, authorizing the issuance of a privilege to perform podiatric standard or advanced ankle surgery and the impact of granting such a privilege on access to and quality of podiatric ankle surgery; makes related provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-26 - referred to higher education [A09904 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09904-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9904

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 26, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Higher Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to a podiatry study

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section  7001 of the education law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
     3    4. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of  health,
     4  shall  study  and  issue  a report on the implementation of chapter four
     5  hundred thirty-eight of the laws of two  thousand  twelve,  as  amended,
     6  authorizing the issuance of a privilege to perform podiatric standard or
     7  advanced  ankle surgery. Such study and report shall evaluate the impact
     8  of granting such a privilege on access to and quality of podiatric ankle
     9  surgery. Such report shall include, but not be limited to:
    10    (a) the application for and granting of privileges, including but  not
    11  limited to: the number of podiatrists who have applied for the privilege
    12  to  perform  podiatric standard ankle surgery; the number of podiatrists
    13  who have obtained the privilege  to  perform  podiatric  standard  ankle
    14  surgery: the number of podiatrists who have applied for the privilege to
    15  perform  podiatric advanced ankle surgery; and the number of podiatrists
    16  who have obtained the privilege  to  perform  podiatric  advanced  ankle
    17  surgery;
    18    (b) the use of an ankle surgery limited permit to allow podiatrists to
    19  obtain  the  additional  training  and  experience  required to obtain a
    20  podiatric standard or advanced ankle  surgery  privilege  including  the
    21  number  of  podiatrists  who  have  applied  for a limited ankle surgery
    22  permit for the purpose of obtaining the privilege to  perform  podiatric
    23  standard ankle surgery; the number of podiatrists who have applied for a
    24  limited  ankle surgery permit for the purpose of obtaining the privilege
    25  to perform podiatric advanced ankle surgery; the number  of  podiatrists
    26  who  have  obtained  a  limited  ankle surgery permit for the purpose of
    27  obtaining the privilege to perform podiatric standard ankle surgery; and
    28  the number of podiatrists who have  obtained  a  limited  ankle  surgery

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  permit  for  the purpose of obtaining the privilege to perform podiatric
     2  advanced ankle surgery;
     3    (c)  the types of settings and number within each setting where podia-
     4  trists obtained the required  experience  and  performed  the  requisite
     5  number  of surgeries as required under the education law and the commis-
     6  sioner's regulations to qualify for a privilege and any  systemic  chal-
     7  lenges  podiatrists  have  faced in obtaining the requisite training and
     8  experience. This includes the number of podiatric schools  and  colleges
     9  in  New  York  state  that  established  programs to allow candidates to
    10  obtain the requisite education and experience required under the  educa-
    11  tion  law  to qualify for the privilege to perform podiatric standard or
    12  advanced ankle surgery and the number of agreements and/or  partnerships
    13  these schools established with hospitals in New York state;
    14    (d) by county:
    15    (i) the number of practicing podiatrists who have obtained a privilege
    16  to  perform  only  podiatric  standard  ankle  surgery and the number of
    17  podiatrists who have obtained a privilege to perform podiatric  advanced
    18  ankle surgery;
    19    (ii)  the  number  and type of podiatric standard ankle surgery proce-
    20  dures performed, by calendar year, from two thousand sixteen through two
    21  thousand twenty-three, by hospital and non-hospital setting; and
    22    (iii) the number and type of podiatric advanced ankle  surgery  proce-
    23  dures performed, by calendar year, from two thousand sixteen through two
    24  thousand twenty-three, by hospital and non-hospital setting;
    25    (e) quality and safety including:
    26    (i)  the number of reported adverse events related to podiatric stand-
    27  ard or podiatric advanced ankle surgery, as defined in this article,  by
    28  a  podiatrist  who  has  a  privilege in either podiatric standard ankle
    29  surgery or podiatric advanced ankle surgery. Such report shall describe,
    30  in aggregate, the  nature  and  severity  of  reported  adverse  events,
    31  including unscheduled hospital admission or readmission;
    32    (ii) the number of complaints filed with the department against podia-
    33  trists who have obtained a privilege for podiatric standard or podiatric
    34  advanced  ankle  surgery  that  are  related  to the performance of such
    35  surgery;
    36    (iii) the number of  such  complaints  that  the  department  has  not
    37  sustained  after  completing  an  investigation,  and the number of such
    38  complaints that the department has sustained after completing an  inves-
    39  tigation;
    40    (iv)  the number and type of disciplinary actions taken by the depart-
    41  ment against podiatrists who have obtained  a  privilege  for  podiatric
    42  standard  or  podiatric  advanced  ankle surgery that are related to the
    43  performance of such surgery;
    44    (v) any other quality or safety measures as determined by the  commis-
    45  sioner; and
    46    (vi)  to  the  degree  possible,  the  report  shall  describe how the
    47  performance on quality and safety measures  compare  to  performance  in
    48  other states.
    49    § 2. The commissioner of education shall submit the report made pursu-
    50  ant  to  section  one  of  this  act to the governor, the speaker of the
    51  assembly, the temporary president of the senate, and the chairs  of  the
    52  assembly  and  senate  higher education committees by September 1, 2024,
    53  and biennially thereafter. Such report  shall  also  be  posted  on  the
    54  department of education website.
    55    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.