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NY A 319

in committee

Requires cultural awareness and competence training for medical professionals

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 319 pass?

Not yet. NY A 319 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

What is NY A 319 about?

Requires cultural awareness and competence training for medical professionals, including two hours of course work or training encompassing minority healthcare issues; provides an exemption for certain individuals; requires hospitals and facilities to request documentation of the completion of training from employees and prospective employees.

Who sponsors NY A 319?

Catalina Cruz is the primary sponsor of NY A 319, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Description

Requires cultural awareness and competence training for medical professionals, including two hours of course work or training encompassing minority healthcare issues; provides an exemption for certain individuals; requires hospitals and facilities to request documentation of the completion of training from employees and prospective employees.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Catalina Cruzprimary
  • Chris Burdickcosponsor
  • Steven Ragacosponsor
  • Tony Simonecosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

Versions

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Votes

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  • Prior session: A 548not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 1063

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A319?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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