New York S 10516: Relates to certified medication aides

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S10516 Summary:

BILL NOS10516 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01272

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SPONSORCOONEY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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

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Provides for certified medication aides to administer certain medications in residential health care facilities.

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BILL NOS10516 

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05/15/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10516

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law and the public health law, in relation
 to certified medication aides

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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02636-01-5

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