New York A 909: Establishes a pilot program authorizing certain nurse aides to administer medication in residential health care facilities in St. Lawrence county

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A00909 Summary:

BILL NOA00909 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00042

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SPONSORGray

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COSPNSRBlankenbush, Bendett, DeStefano

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§6908, 6909 & 6906, Ed L; amd §§206, 2801 & 2803-j, Pub Health L

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Authorizes nursing home medication aides to administer medication in residential health care facilities in St. Lawrence county.

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BILL NOA00909 

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01/08/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 909

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. GRAY, BLANKENBUSH, BENDETT, DeSTEFANO -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law and the public health law, in relation
 to authorizing certain nursing home medication aides to perform
 certain advanced tasks; and providing for the repeal of such
 provisions upon expiration thereof

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 6908 of the education law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
 3 3. This article shall not be construed as prohibiting the adminis-
 4 tration of medication by a nursing home medication aide certified pursu-
 5 ant to section twenty-eight hundred three-j of the public health law as
 6 added by chapter seven hundred seventeen of the laws of nineteen hundred
 7 eighty-nine in residential health care facilities, as defined in article
 8 twenty-eight of the public health law, in the county of St. Lawrence, in
 9 accordance with regulations developed by the commissioner, in consulta-
 10 tion with the commissioner of health. At a minimum, such regulations
 11 shall:
 12 a. authorize the administration of medications which are routine and
 13 prefilled or otherwise packaged in a manner that promotes relative ease
 14 of administration, provided that administration of medications by
 15 injection shall be prohibited. Provided, however, such prohibition shall
 16 not apply to injections of insulin or other injections for diabetes
 17 care, to injections of low molecular weight heparin, and to pre-filled
 18 auto-injections of epinephrine for emergency purposes, and provided,
 19 further, that entities employing nursing home medication aides pursuant
 20 to this subdivision shall establish a systematic approach to address
 21 drug diversion;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00113-01-5

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 1 b. provide that medication administration by nursing home medication
 2 aides may be performed only under the direct supervision of a registered
 3 professional nurse licensed in New York state, as set forth in this
 4 subdivision and subdivision eight of section sixty-nine hundred nine of
 5 this article, where such nurse is employed by a residential health care
 6 facility licensed or certified pursuant to the public health law. Such
 7 nursing supervision shall:
 8 (i) include training and periodic assessment of the performance of
 9 medication administration;
 10 (ii) be determined by the registered professional nurse responsible
 11 for supervising such medication administration based upon the complexity
 12 of such medication administration, the skill and experience of the nurs-
 13 ing home medication aide, and the health status of the individual for
 14 whom such medication administration is being performed;
 15 (iii) include a comprehensive initial and thereafter regular and ongo-
 16 ing assessment of the individual's needs;
 17 (iv) include as a requirement that the supervising registered profes-
 18 sional nurse shall visit individuals receiving medication for the
 19 purpose of supervising the medication administration provided by nursing
 20 home medication aides and include as a requirement that a registered
 21 professional nurse shall be available to the nursing home medication
 22 aide twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, provided t