S 317: Requires anti-bias training for every medical student, medical resident and physician assistant student in the state; requires the department of health to make an annual report on the implementation and effectiveness of such training.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 317 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SALAZAR, BROUK, GONZALEZ, JACKSON, KRUEGER, MYRIE, PERSAUD, RAMOS, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring anti- bias training for every medical student, medical resident and physi- cian assistant student in the state The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Article 2 of the public health law is amended by adding a 2 new title 3-A to read as follows: 3 TITLE 3-A 4 ANTI-BIAS TRAINING 5 Section 245. Training in bias awareness and elimination practices. 6 § 245. Training in bias awareness and elimination practices. (a) Every 7 medical student, medical resident and physician assistant student in the 8 state as part of the orientation programs conducted by medical schools, 9 medical residency programs and physician assistant programs shall 10 complete course work or training, approved by the department, regarding 11 awareness of and elimination practices for both implicit and explicit 12 bias. 13 (b) Every medical student, medical resident and physician assistant 14 student in the state shall provide to the department documentation 15 demonstrating the completion of and competence in the coursework or 16 training required pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section. 17 (c) The department shall consult with the state board for medicine and 18 the division of human rights in developing guidelines for the training 19 required pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section. 20 (d) One year after the effective date of this section and annually 21 every year thereafter, the department shall submit a report to the EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00644-01-5 
 S. 317 2 1 governor and the legislature on the implementation and effectiveness of 2 the training required pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section. 3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 4 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 5 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 6 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 7 completed on or before such effective date.