This bill creates a new Office of Health Professional Nutrition Education within New York's Department of Health. The office will directly assist medical schools, nursing programs, and other health professional training institutions in developing curricula focused on diet and nutrition. Key provisions include helping programs establish nutrition education standards, applying for research grants to improve nutrition training, and producing triennial reports to the legislature on progress and policy options. The office will also coordinate with a governor-appointed advisory council and provide public access to council meetings.
Requires health practitioners to discuss with patients the risks associated with certain pain medications before prescribing such medications; requires that for the first opioid analgesic prescription of a calendar year the prescribing physician shall counsel the patient on the risks of overdose.
Requires insurance coverage for lactation support services by a certified lactation consultant who evaluate and manage lactation and infant feeding problems and provide preventative clinical consulting to prevent or minimize the occurrence of potential problems.
Provides that where an active or retired police officer dies by suicide and is enrolled in a health insurance plan, the surviving dependents of such police officer shall be entitled to such health insurance coverage for ninety days following such police officer's death.
Requires mental health practitioners to receive training on substance use disorder, the specific needs of the substance use disorder community and co-occurring disorders.
This bill allows pharmacists to dispense HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) under specific conditions. Pharmacists may provide up to a seven-day PEP starter pack for immediate HIV exposure risk and a 30-60 day PrEP supply for ongoing prevention, based on physician or nurse practitioner orders. Patients must be HIV-negative (verified by recent test), screened for symptoms/contraindications, and receive education on medication use, side effects, and follow-up care. Pharmacists must complete health department training and connect patients to healthcare providers for ongoing treatment.
Directs the commissioner of the office of addiction services and supports to promulgate rules and regulations for providers operating in rural locations while taking into account the extra challenges encountered by such providers, including but not limited to, increased and additional expenses.
Enacts the "Supervising Upcoming Professionals for Practice in Official Roles in Therapy (SUPPORT) act"; provides that for licensure as a clinical social worker, an applicant may satisfy the experience requirements under supervision of a mental health practitioner who has been granted the privilege to diagnose and develop assessment-based treatment plans under article one hundred sixty-three of the education law.
S 5746 establishes a district-level coordination program for long-term care ombudsperson volunteers in each assembly district. It creates "district long-term care ombudsperson council programs" to organize volunteers, requiring each council to include appointed coordinators (with minimal stipends) and trained resident advocates. The bill mandates standardized training for council members on topics like cultural competency, facility regulations, and conflict resolution, and requires facilities to include council contact information in new resident welcome packets. This program directly affects volunteers, local ombudsman programs, and long-term care facilities by improving coordination and standardizing volunteer roles within the existing state ombudsman framework.
Relates to including rescue inhaler prescriptions for asthma and other chronic respiratory diseases for individuals under age nineteen in the statewide immunization information system.
