What's happening
This bill creates training and registration requirements for kidney dialysis patient care technicians in New York State.
Why it matters
Raises the standard of care for dialysis patients. by ensuring that all technicians must complete a training program with clearly defined competency goals, potentially leading to improved patient safety and outcomes.
Creates a formal pathway and recognition for dialysis patient care technicians. , which could lead to better job clarity, professional development opportunities, and possibly higher wages or job security for workers in this field.
Establishes official oversight and accountability. through a state registration process, meaning technicians will be tracked and regulated by the Department of Health, reducing the risk of unqualified individuals providing care.
Includes exemptions for self-care and family-provided at-home dialysis. , and gives a grace period for experienced existing technicians, balancing new standards with practical considerations for current workers and patients.
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Who cares
Dialysis patient care technicians and trainees
The bill would establish standardized training and registration requirements and let the health commissioner determine which procedures they may perform based on completed training.
Outpatient dialysis centers and hospital dialysis units
Their technician workforce would face new training and registration requirements, and dialysis providers could conduct training programs.
State health and education officials
The health commissioner would set training standards in consultation with the education commissioner, with annual criteria for evaluating trainees’ progress and competency.
Home dialysis patients and family caregivers
The bill would preserve self-administered dialysis and in-home care by friends or family members who do not represent themselves as kidney dialysis patient care technicians.
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Train Dialysis Technicians Better
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Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Referred to health
- Referred to health
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4500
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 4, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW, JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing training and registration requirements for kidney dialysis patient care technicians
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new article 37-B to read as follows:
ARTICLE 37-B
KIDNEY DIALYSIS PATIENT
CARE TECHNICIANS Section 3720. Definitions.
3721. Training.
3722. Practice of kidney dialysis patient care.
3723. Exemption.
§ 3720. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:
1. "Kidney dialysis patient care technician" means any person, not licensed to practice medicine or nursing, or as a physician assistant or specialist assistant, who performs kidney dialysis services on a human, is employed in an out-patient dialysis center or hospital dialysis unit, and has successfully completed the training requirements established pursuant to section thirty-seven hundred twenty-one of this article and the registration requirement of section thirty-seven hundred twenty-two of this article.
2. "Kidney dialysis patient care technician trainee" means any person, not licensed to practice medicine or nursing, or as a physician assistant or specialist assistant, who performs kidney dialysis services on a human, is employed or planning to be employed in an out-patient dialysis center or hospital dialysis unit, and has enrolled in or completed the training required by section thirty-seven hundred twenty-one of this
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article and has not registered pursuant to section thirty-seven hundred twenty-two of this article.
§ 3721. Training. 1. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of education, shall establish standardized training requirements for kidney dialysis patient care technicians.
2. Such training requirements established pursuant to this section and the rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner shall have clearly defined criteria for evaluating, on an annual basis, each trainee's attainment of training goals and competency in provision of kidney dialysis services. Kidney dialysis patient care technician training programs may be conducted by:
(a) kidney dialysis providers;
(b) degree and non-degree granting institutions of higher education as defined in section two of the education law, chartered, approved or licensed by the board of regents; or
(c) any other entity approved by the commissioner to conduct such a program.
3. The training established by this section shall include, but not be limited to, the following topics:
(a) an overview of the roles and responsibilities of kidney dialysis patient care technicians; and
(b) an overview of kidney dialysis therapy.
§ 3722. Practice of kidney dialysis patient care. 1. Except as otherwise provided by this article, no person shall provide kidney dialysis services, as such services are defined by the commissioner, unless such person has completed the training required pursuant to section thirtyseven hundred twenty-one of this article, and has registered with the department pursuant to subdivision two of this section.
2. Upon the successful completion of the training required pursuant to section thirty-seven hundred twenty-one of this article, a person may register with the department to become a kidney dialysis patient care technician.
3. A kidney dialysis patient care technician and a kidney dialysis patient care technician trainee shall be authorized to perform such procedures and activities as the commissioner shall deem appropriate for the level of training completed by such technician or trainee.
§ 3723. Exemption. 1. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a person from providing dialysis care to himself or herself or in-home dialysis care provided to a person by a friend or family member who does not represent himself or herself to be a "kidney dialysis patient care technician".
2. The provisions of section thirty-seven hundred twenty-two of this article shall not apply, until one year after the effective date of such section, to any person who, on the effective date of such section, has been providing kidney dialysis services for a period of not less than two years.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately; except that section 3722 of the public health law, as added by section one of this act, shall take effect one year after the effective date of this act. Effective immediately, the commissioner of health is authorized and directed to promulgate any rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act on or before the effective date thereof.
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