New York A 6771: Relates to certified registered nurse anesthetists

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A06771 Summary:

BILL NOA06771A

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SAME ASSAME AS S00357-B

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SPONSORReyes

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COSPNSRPaulin, Carroll R, Bendett, Raga, Zinerman, Septimo, Santabarbara, Jacobson, Clark, Dinowitz,
 Levenberg, Shimsky, Tapia, Kelles, Sayegh, McDonough, Lunsford, Wieder, McDonald, Kassay, Wright,
 Gonzalez-Rojas, Moreno, Lee, Weprin, Davila, Simon

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 139-A §§6920 - 6927, amd §§6903 & 6904, Ed L

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Defines the practice of certified registered nurse anesthetist; requires collaboration with a licensed physician qualified to determine the need for anesthesia services; requires licensing; defines qualifications.

Go to top A06771 Actions:

BILL NOA06771A

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03/13/2025referred to higher education

05/28/2025amend and recommit to higher education

05/28/2025print number 6771a

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6771--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. REYES, PAULIN, MAMDANI, R. CARROLL, BENDETT,
 RAGA, ZINERMAN, SEPTIMO, SANTABARBARA, JACOBSON, CLARK, DINOWITZ,
 LEVENBERG, SHIMSKY, TAPIA, KELLES, HEVESI, SAYEGH, McDONOUGH, LUNS-
 FORD, WIEDER, McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Higher Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to creating the profes-
 sion of nurse anesthetist

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

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new article 139-A
 2 to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 139-A
 4 CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST
 5 Section 6920. Introduction.
 6 6921. Definition of practice of certified registered nurse
 7 anesthetist.
 8 6922. Practice of certified registered nurse anesthetist and use
 9 of the title "certified registered nurse anesthetist" or
 10 "nurse anesthetist".
 11 6923. State board for nursing.
 12 6924. Requirements for a license as a certified registered nurse
 13 anesthetist.
 14 6925. Limited permits.
 15 6926. Exempt persons.
 16 6927. Special provisions.
 17 § 6920. Introduction. This article applies to the profession of certi-
 18 fied registered nurse anesthetist. The general provisions for all
 19 professions contained in article one hundred thirty of this title apply
 20 to this article.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00477-05-5

 A. 6771--A 2

 1 § 6921. Definition of practice of certified registered nurse anesthe-
 2 tist. 1. In addition to the provisions of practice for registered
 3 professional nursing outlined in section sixty-nine hundred two of this
 4 title, the practice of a certified registered nurse anesthetist further
 5 includes, but is not limited to, administration of anesthesia and
 6 sedation to a patient; performing and documenting a preanesthetic
 7 assessment and evaluation of the patient, including requesting consulta-
 8 tions and diagnostic studies; selecting, obtaining, ordering, and admin-
 9 istering preanesthetic medications and fluids; obtaining informed
 10 consent for anesthesia, developing and implementing an anesthetic plan;
 11 initiating the anesthetic technique; monitoring the patient including
 12 selecting, applying, and inserting appropriate noninvasive and invasive
 13 monitoring modalities for continuous evaluation of the patient's phys-
 14 ical status; selecting, obtaining, and administering the anesthetics,
 15 adjuvant and accessory drugs, and fluids necessary to manage anesthetics
 16 and acute and chronic pain; ordering and evaluating laboratory and diag-
 17 nostic tests and performing point-of-care testing; ordering and evaluat-
 18 ing radiographic imaging studies; managing a patient's airway and
 19 cardiopulmonary status using current practice modalities; facilitating
 20 emergence and recovery from anesthesia by selecting, obtaining, ordering
 21 and administering medications, fluids, and ventilato