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08-22-2022 Updated Legislative NYSSRS Activities We determined that the following Bills required attention:
§ Federal Bill H.R. 3657, the Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act (MARCA)- allows Radiologic Assistants to bill Medicare for services. · Reviewed- Letter of Support sent to ASRT, adding NYSSRS to other entities in support- ASRT |
Bill A 3870 has passed the assembly and the senate and has been sent to the Govenor desk,
for it to be signed into law
Legislative Bill A 3870
Proposing loan forgiveness bill in Albany for Healthcare workers with a 4 year, Bachelor's degree
but excludes:
Radiologic Technologists and Medical imaging specialists, Nuclear Medical Technologists, Radiation Therapists and Radiologist Assistants
NYSSRS letter in respone is to have a wording change to included in the bill:
Radiologic Technologists and Medical Radiologic imaging specialists, Nuclear Medical Technologists, Radiation Therapists and Radiologist Assistants
NYSSRS LETTER:
Bill A 3870 as written:
Bill A3878 Loan Forgiveness for Health Care Workers.pdf
A Bill has been introduced in the NYS Assembly on January 21, 2021 to make a change in ARTICLE 35 to allow PA's to perform fluoroscopic exams
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1837
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 11, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, BYRNE, DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the use of fluoroscopy by physician assistants
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 3501 of the public health law is amended by adding
2 a new subdivision 20 to read as follows:
3 20. "Fluoroscopy" means an x-ray based technique that allows contin-
4 uous real-time imaging of an instrument, dye, or body part during a
5 diagnostic or treatment procedure so that location and movement of such
6 instrument, dye, or body part can be detected and evaluated.
7 § 2. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 2 of section 3502 of the
8 public health law, as added by chapter 175 of the laws of 2006, are
9 amended, and a new paragraph (e) is added to read as follows:
10 (c) only persons licensed under this article shall practice radiogra-
11 phy, radiation therapy or nuclear medicine technology or use the title
12 "radiographer," "radiologic technologist," "radiation therapist" or
13 "nuclear medicine technologist" or use the abbreviations LRT, RTT, LRTT,
14 NMT, or LNMT with his or her name; [and]
15 (d) notwithstanding paragraph (c) of this subdivision, quality control
16 tests and radiation therapy treatment planning may also be performed by
17 individuals not licensed by this article[.]; and
18 (e) a licensed physician assistant may engage in the use of fluorosco-
19 py for guidance of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures; provided that
20 the physician assistant has successfully completed an educational
21 program consisting of at least forty hours of didactic and forty hours
22 of clinical training with successful completion of a competency exam, as
23 approved by the department.
24 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
25 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 ment or repeal of any rules or regulations necessary for the implementa-
2 tion of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be
3 made on or before such effective date.