What's happening
This bill requires physicians to complete at least four hours of continuing education on screening children for adverse childhood experiences before re-registration.
Why it matters
Expands physician education. By requiring physicians to complete continuing education on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), the bill aims to ensure that healthcare providers can better recognize and address the long-term health impacts of childhood trauma, potentially improving early intervention and patient outcomes.
Standardizes knowledge on ACEs. Mandating specific training means that all re-registering physicians in New York will have a consistent baseline understanding of how childhood adversity affects health, which could lead to more uniform screening practices and referrals across the healthcare system.
Includes flexibility for physician roles. The bill directs the commissioner to create an exemption process based on the nature of a physician’s practice, recognizing that not all specialties interact with children or require this specific knowledge, thus balancing public health goals with practical considerations for diverse medical fields.
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- Referred to higher education
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Require Trauma Training for Doctors
In Senate Committee · Higher Education · Sponsor Alessandra Biaggi
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2754
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 25, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requirements for the re-registration for physicians
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 6524 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
(12) (a) As used in this section:
(i) "Adverse childhood experiences" means stressful or traumatic experiences experienced during childhood, which are strongly related to the development and prevalence of a wide range of health problems throughout a person's lifetime, including, but not limited to physical or sexual abuse; domestic violence; parental mental illness; substance abuse; and incarceration.
(ii) "Continuing medical education organization" means an accreditation council for continuing medical education, a physician specialty organization, or any other appropriate entity, as determined by the commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health.
(iii) "Physician specialty organization" means the American Board of Medical Specialties; the American Osteopathic Association Bureau of Professional Education; the American Board of Physician Specialties; the Royal College of Physicians of Canada; and any other entity maintaining standards for and certifying physician specialty certification that is approved by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education, or any other equivalent entity, as determined by the commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health.
(b) No physician may be re-registered unless he or she, as part of the re-registration application, includes an attestation, in a form prescribed by the commissioner, that he or she has previously completed at least four hours of continuing medical education from a continuing
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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medical education organization on the screening of children for adverse childhood experiences; provided, that the commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health, shall provide for an exemption process based on the nature of the physician's practice.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed by the commissioner of education on or before such date.
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