Source: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s7132
Timestamp: 2020-02-29 10:30:02
Document Index: 643870274

Matched Legal Cases: ['§6505', '§7607', '§  6505', '§ 2', '§  3', '§  4', '§ 5', '§ 6', '§  7', '§  8']

NY State Senate Bill S7132
senate Bill S7132
Relates to requiring opioid training for medical professionals to reduce patient opioid abuse and reliance
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Jan 14, 2020 - Higher Education committee Vote
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S7132 (ACTIVE) - Details
Add §6505-d, amd §§7607, 7710, 8412, 6742-a, 7908 & 6554-a, Ed L
S7132 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to requiring opioid training for medical professionals to reduce patient opioid abuse and reliance including nurses, nurse practitioners, psychologists, certain social workers, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychoanalysts, physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, and occupational therapists.
S7132 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7132
An act to amend the education law, in relation to requiring opioid
training for medical professionals to reduce patient opioid abuse and
This bill would require certain physical and mental health professionals
to complete two hours of continuing education in the areas of pain
management and substance use disorders as part of their existing contin-
uing education requirements.
Section one amends the education law by adding a new section 6505-d.
Section two amends the education law by adding a new subdivision 2-a to
section 7607.
Section three amends the education law by adding a new subdivision 2-a
to section 7710.
Section four amends the education law by adding a new subdivision 2-a to
section 8412.
Section five amends the education law by adding a new subdivision 2-a to
section 6742-a.
Section six amends the education law by adding a new subdivision 2-a to
section 7908.
Section seven amends the education law by adding a new subdivision 2-a
to section 6554-a.
Section eight establishes the effective date.
New York is in the midst of an overdose epidemic. In 2018, 3,268 New
Yorkers died from an opioid-related overdose. The current epidemic is
rapidly evolving as deaths related to overprescribing of opioids
decrease, while both substance misuse and deaths caused by other drugs,
including fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine have increased signif-
icantly in recent years.
Physical and mental health professionals interact regularly with indi-
viduals at high risk of developing a substance use disorder and of over-
dosing. These professionals also regularly interact with individuals
struggling with pain.
Yet, most physical and mental health professionals receive little to no
training on responding to either pain or signs of substance misuse. This
results in countless missed opportunities to intervene before a person's
substance use worsens. Additionally, because substance use disorders are
a major driver of medical expenses, these missed opportunities result in
significantly higher financial costs to the State.
Pain management and substance use disorder are areas where both the
nature of the need and the best practices for responding to these needs
The proposed legislation would require individuals working in a number
of physical and mental health professions to complete two hours of
continuing education as part of their existing continuing education
requirements. This education could save lives, improve health, and save
the State millions of dollars. It could also contribute to reducing the
continued stigma against individuals who use drugs, which remains ramp-
ant in both the physical and mental health professions.
S7132 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  opioid
training  for medical professionals to reduce patient opioid abuse and
§  6505-D.  COURSE  WORK  OR TRAINING TO ADDRESS PATIENT SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDERS. 1.   EVERY REGISTERED NURSE, LICENSED  PRACTICAL  NURSE,  AND
NURSE  PRACTITIONER  PRACTICING IN THE STATE WHO PROVIDES DIRECT MEDICAL
SERVICES TO PATIENTS IN THIS STATE SHALL, ON OR BEFORE JULY  FIRST,  TWO
THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE  AND EVERY REGISTRATION PERIOD THEREAFTER, COMPLETE
AT LEAST TWO HOURS OF COURSE WORK OR TRAINING  ON  WAYS  TO  PREVENT  OR
ADDRESS  PATIENT  SUBSTANCE  USE  DISORDER  IN  THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL
SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  REGULATED  STANDARDS  PROMULGATED  BY  THE
OF  ADDICTION  SERVICES  AND SUPPORTS. SUCH TRAINING SHALL BE UPDATED AS
NECESSARY ACCORDING TO BEST  PRACTICES  FOR  PROVIDING  PATIENT-CENTERED
CARE  WITH  CONSIDERATION  GIVEN  TO  SOCIAL  DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND
CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS. COURSE WORK OR TRAINING SHALL INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT
BE  LIMITED  TO: TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING PAIN; PREVENTION, SCREENING AND
SIGNS OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS; APPROPRIATE RESPONSES TO SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDERS; TECHNIQUES THAT WILL REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD  OF  OVERDOSE  AND
THE  SPREAD  OF BLOOD-BORNE DISEASES BY THOSE WHO USE DRUGS; AND MEDICA-
TIONS USED FOR THE TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS. IN PROMULGATING
REGULATORY STANDARDS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION THE DEPARTMENT IS  ADVISED
TO  CONSULT  WITH  ORGANIZATIONS  REPRESENTATIVE  OF PROFESSIONS, INSTI-
TUTIONS AND THOSE WITH EXPERTISE IN HARM REDUCTION STRATEGIES AND IN THE
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AND  FINANCIAL  AND  PHYSICAL  RESOURCES TO PROVIDE CONTINUING EDUCATION
COURSES, APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, PURSUANT TO THE REGULATIONS OF  THE
TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE THAT THE PROFESSIONAL HAS COMPLETED COURSE WORK
OR TRAINING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION.
ANYONE WHO REQUESTS SUCH AN EXEMPTION AND WHO:
A.  CLEARLY  DEMONSTRATES  TO THE DEPARTMENT'S SATISFACTION THAT THERE
WOULD BE NO NEED FOR HIM OR HER TO COMPLETE SUCH COURSE WORK OR TRAINING
BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF HIS OR HER PRACTICE;
B. HAS COMPLETED COURSE WORK OR TRAINING DEEMED BY THE  DEPARTMENT  TO
BE  EQUIVALENT TO THE COURSE WORK OR TRAINING APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT
C. IS A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL WHO IS ON A TOUR OF EXTENDED ACTIVE  DUTY
WITH THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES.
5.  THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS TO IMPLE-
6. ANY PERSON SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION,  WHO  FALSELY
§ 2. Section 7607 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
2-A.  EVERY  PSYCHOLOGIST  PRACTICING  IN  THE STATE SHALL COMPLETE AT
LEAST TWO HOURS OF COURSE WORK OR TRAINING, AS PART OF MANDATORY CONTIN-
UING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS, ON WAYS TO PREVENT OR ADDRESS SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER IN THE PROVISION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH
REGULATED  STANDARDS PROMULGATED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH  AND  THE  OFFICE  OF  ADDICTION  SERVICES  AND
SUPPORTS.  SUCH TRAINING SHALL BE UPDATED AS NECESSARY ACCORDING TO BEST
PRACTICES FOR PROVIDING PATIENT-CENTERED CARE.  COURSE WORK OR  TRAINING
SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO: PAIN MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION,
SCREENING AND SIGNS OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS; APPROPRIATE RESPONSES TO
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS; AND HARM REDUCTION STRATEGIES. IN  PROMULGATING
REGULATORY  STANDARDS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION THE DEPARTMENT IS ADVISED
TO CONSULT WITH  ORGANIZATIONS  REPRESENTATIVE  OF  PROFESSIONS,  INSTI-
§  3.  Section  7710  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
2-A. EVERY LICENSED MASTER SOCIAL WORKER OR LICENSED  CLINICAL  SOCIAL
WORKER  PRACTICING  IN  THE  STATE  SHALL COMPLETE AT LEAST TWO HOURS OF
COURSE WORK OR TRAINING,  AS  PART  OF  MANDATORY  CONTINUING  EDUCATION
REQUIREMENTS,  ON  WAYS  TO PREVENT OR ADDRESS SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER IN
ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATED STANDARDS PROMULGATED BY  THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN
CONSULTATION  WITH  THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE OFFICE OF ADDICTION
SERVICES AND SUPPORTS. SUCH  TRAINING  SHALL  BE  UPDATED  AS  NECESSARY
ACCORDING  TO BEST PRACTICES FOR PROVIDING PATIENT-CENTERED CARE. COURSE
WORK OR TRAINING SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: PAIN  MANAGEMENT;
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PREVENTION,  SCREENING AND SIGNS OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS; APPROPRIATE
RESPONSES TO SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS; AND HARM REDUCTION STRATEGIES.  IN
PROMULGATING  REGULATORY  STANDARDS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION THE DEPART-
MENT   IS  ADVISED  TO  CONSULT  WITH  ORGANIZATIONS  REPRESENTATIVE  OF
PROFESSIONS, INSTITUTIONS AND THOSE WITH  EXPERTISE  IN  HARM  REDUCTION
STRATEGIES AND IN THE TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS.
§  4.  Section  8412  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
2-A. EVERY LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THER-
APIST, AND PSYCHOANALYST PRACTICING IN THE STATE SHALL COMPLETE AT LEAST
TWO HOURS OF COURSE WORK OR TRAINING, AS PART  OF  MANDATORY  CONTINUING
EDUCATION  REQUIREMENTS,  ON  WAYS  TO  PREVENT OR ADDRESS SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  REGULATED  STANDARDS  PROMULGATED  BY  THE
CARE. COURSE WORK OR TRAINING SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: PAIN
MANAGEMENT;  PREVENTION, SCREENING AND SIGNS OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS;
APPROPRIATE RESPONSES TO SUBSTANCE USE  DISORDERS;  AND  HARM  REDUCTION
STRATEGIES.  IN  PROMULGATING  REGULATORY  STANDARDS  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
SECTION THE DEPARTMENT IS ADVISED TO CONSULT WITH  ORGANIZATIONS  REPRE-
SENTATIVE  OF PROFESSIONS, INSTITUTIONS AND THOSE WITH EXPERTISE IN HARM
REDUCTION STRATEGIES AND IN THE TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS.
§ 5. Section 6742-a of the education law is amended by  adding  a  new
2-A.  EVERY  LICENSED PHYSICAL THERAPIST AND CERTIFIED PHYSICAL THERA-
PIST ASSISTANT PRACTICING IN THE STATE SHALL COMPLETE AT LEAST TWO HOURS
OF COURSE WORK OR TRAINING, AS PART OF  MANDATORY  CONTINUING  EDUCATION
WORK OR TRAINING SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: PAIN  MANAGEMENT,
MENT  IS  ADVISED  TO  CONSULT  WITH  ORGANIZATIONS  REPRESENTATIVE   OF
PROFESSIONS,  INSTITUTIONS  AND  THOSE  WITH EXPERTISE IN HARM REDUCTION
§ 6. Section 7908 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
(2-A)  EVERY  OCCUPATIONAL  THERAPIST  PRACTICING  IN  THE STATE SHALL
COMPLETE AT LEAST TWO HOURS OF COURSE  WORK  OR  TRAINING,  AS  PART  OF
MANDATORY  CONTINUING  EDUCATION  REQUIREMENTS,  ON  WAYS  TO PREVENT OR
ADDRESS SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  REGULATED  STANDARDS
PROMULGATED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND THE OFFICE OF ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS. SUCH  TRAINING
SHALL  BE UPDATED AS NECESSARY ACCORDING TO BEST PRACTICES FOR PROVIDING
PATIENT-CENTERED CARE. COURSE WORK OR TRAINING SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
LIMITED TO:    PAIN  MANAGEMENT;  PREVENTION,  SCREENING  AND  SIGNS  OF
SUBSTANCE  USE  DISORDERS; APPROPRIATE RESPONSES TO SUBSTANCE USE DISOR-
DERS; AND HARM REDUCTION STRATEGIES. IN PROMULGATING  REGULATORY  STAND-
ARDS  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION THE DEPARTMENT IS ADVISED TO CONSULT WITH
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EXPERTISE IN HARM REDUCTION STRATEGIES AND IN THE TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE
§  7.   Section 6554-a of the education law is amended by adding a new
2-A. EVERY CHIROPRACTOR PRACTICING IN  THE  STATE  SHALL  COMPLETE  AT
DISORDER  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  REGULATED  STANDARDS  PROMULGATED BY THE
OF ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS. SUCH TRAINING SHALL  BE  UPDATED  AS
NECESSARY  ACCORDING  TO  BEST  PRACTICES FOR PROVIDING PATIENT-CENTERED
MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION, SCREENING AND SIGNS OF SUBSTANCE USE  DISORDERS;
APPROPRIATE  RESPONSES  TO  SUBSTANCE  USE DISORDERS; AND HARM REDUCTION
SECTION  THE  DEPARTMENT IS ADVISED TO CONSULT WITH ORGANIZATIONS REPRE-
SENTATIVE OF PROFESSIONS, INSTITUTIONS AND THOSE WITH EXPERTISE IN  HARM
§  8.    This  act  shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day
after it shall have become a law; provided, however, section two of this
act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as chapter
436 of the laws of 2018, takes effect.