New York Senate Bill S08024 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8024  IN SENATE January 5, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to physician coursework or training in nutrition; and to repeal section 264 of the public health law, relating to physician coursework or training in nutrition The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 264 of the public health law, as added by a chapter 2 of the laws of 2023, amending the public health law relating to physi- 3 cian coursework or training in nutrition, as proposed in legislative 4 bills numbers S. 4401-A and A. 5985-A, is REPEALED. 5 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6505-e to 6 read as follows: 7 § 6505-e. Provision of information related to coursework and training 8 in nutrition. 1. The department, in consultation with the department of 9 health, shall compile a list of continuing medical education courses and 10 training opportunities regarding nutrition, which may include but not be 11 limited to plant-based nutrition, clinically proven methods for the 12 prevention, reversal, and treatment of diet-related illnesses, and 13 informational resources regarding racial disparities in outcomes for 14 diet-related diseases, that are publicly available, and shall distribute 15 such compilation to physicians who are licensed to practice medicine in 16 the state. 17 2. The compiled list shall be made publicly available on the depart- 18 ment's website and on the department of health's website, and shall be 19 updated and redistributed no less frequently than every two years via 20 email. 21 3. In compiling such resources, the department shall consult with 22 organizations representative of professions, and institutions of higher 23 education, and the department of health shall consult with those with 24 expertise in nutrition and the prevention, reversal, and treatment of 25 diet-related illnesses. 26 § 3. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 27 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2023, amending the public health law 28 relating to physician coursework or training in nutrition, as proposed 29 in legislative bills numbers S. 4401-A and A. 5985-A, takes effect. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08959-10-4