Bill Text: NY S07102 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the training requirements for prescribers of certain pain medications.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-02-04 - referred to higher education [S07102 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S07102-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7102--A
            Cal. No. 173

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 8, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sens. BENJAMIN, METZGER -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and  when  printed  to  be  committed  to  the  Committee on Health --
          reported favorably from said committee, ordered to  first  and  second
          report,  amended  on second report, ordered to a third reading, and to
          be reprinted as amended, retaining its place in  the  order  of  third
          reading

        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-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14616-03-0
        S. 7102--A                          2

     1  dose and other harms related to the use  of  controlled  substances  and
     2  medications  used  for the treatment of addiction, including information
     3  about becoming a buprenorphine prescriber.
     4    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
     5  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
     6  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
     7  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
     8  completed  by  the  department  of health in consultation with the state
     9  education department and the office of addiction services  and  supports
    10  on or before such effective date.