New York - Session 2025-2026
Title: Requires cultural awareness and competence training for medical professionals
Requires cultural awareness and competence training for medical professionals, including two hours of course work or training encompassing minority healthcare issues; provides an exemption for certain individuals; requires hospitals and facilities to request documentation of the completion of training from employees and prospective employees.
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-31 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-01-07 | Status | in_committee |
| 2026-01-07 | Latest Action | In Assembly Committee |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A 10718 | Enacts "India's law" | in_committee |
| A 10736 | Requires public notice and public engagement when a general hospital seeks to close entirely or a unit that provides maternity, mental health or substance use care | in_committee |
| A 10755 | Relates to improving student mental health and mental health literacy in institutions of higher education in the state, and requiring the amendment or adoption of related protocols, policies and programs | in_committee |
| S 6554 | Provides for benefits for certain emergency medical technicians in the city of New York who suffer any condition or impairment of health caused by a stroke resulting in disability or death | in_committee |
| S 8806 | Directs counties to develop and maintain comprehensive county emergency medical system plans | enacted |
| S 9604 | Provides liability protections for health care providers who issue vaccines | in_committee |
| A 10711 | Relates to immunization vaccines for children | in_committee |
| S 1856 | Relates to prohibiting county correction officers from dispensing medications to incarcerated individuals on the premises of a local correctional facility | in_committee |