New York A 4474: Permits certain nurses to perform medication related tasks provided by a certified medication aide

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A04474 Summary:

BILL NOA04474 

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Permits certain nurses to perform medication related tasks provided by a certified medication aide.

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BILL NOA04474 

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02/04/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4474

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. JENSEN -- 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 permitting certain nurses to perform medication related tasks
 provided by a certified medication aide

 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 medication
 4 related tasks provided by a certified medication aide in accordance with
 5 regulations developed by the commissioner, in consultation with the
 6 commissioner of health. At a minimum, such regulations shall:
 7 a. specify the medication-related tasks that may be performed by
 8 certified medication aides pursuant to this subdivision. Such tasks
 9 shall include the administration of medications which are routine and
 10 pre-filled or otherwise packaged in a manner that promotes relative ease
 11 of administration, provided that administration of medications by
 12 injection, sterile procedures, and central line maintenance shall be
 13 prohibited. Provided, however, such prohibition shall not apply to
 14 injections of insulin or other injections for diabetes care, to
 15 injections of low molecular weight heparin, and to pre-filled auto-in-
 16 jections of naloxone and epinephrine for emergency purposes, and
 17 provided, further, that entities employing certified medication aides
 18 pursuant to this subdivision shall establish a systematic approach to
 19 address drug diversion;
 20 b. provide that medication-related tasks performed by certified medi-
 21 cation aides may be performed only under the supervision of a registered
 22 professional nurse licensed in New York state, as set forth in this
 23 subdivision and subdivision twelve of section sixty-nine hundred nine of
 24 this article, where such nurse is employed by a residential health care

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08277-01-5

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 1 facility licensed pursuant to article twenty-eight of the public health
 2 law;
 3 c. establish a process by which a registered professional nurse may
 4 assign medication-related tasks to a certified medication aide. Such
 5 process shall include, but not be limited to:
 6 (i) allowing assignment of medication-related tasks to a certified
 7 medication aide only where such certified medication aide has demon-
 8 strated to the satisfaction of the supervising registered professional
 9 nurse competency in every medication-related task that such certified
 10 medication aide is authorized to perform, a willingness to perform such
 11 medication-related tasks, and the ability to effectively and efficiently
 12 communicate with the individual receiving services and understand such
 13 individual's needs;
 14 (ii) authorizing the supervising registered professional nurse to
 15 revoke any assigned medication-related task from a certified medication
 16 aide for any reason; and
 17 (iii) authorizing multiple registered professional nurses to jointly
 18 agree to assign medication-related tasks to a certified medication aide,
 19 provided further that only one registered professional nurse shall be
 20 required to determine if the certified medication aide has demonstrated
 21 competency in the medication-related task to be performed;
 22 d. provide that medication-related tasks may be perfor