{"bill":{"bill_key":"NY-A319-2026","title":"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.","side":"pro","state":"NY","year":2026,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"introduced","summary":"Requires cultural awareness and competence training for medical professionals, including two hours of course work or training encompassing minority healthcare issues; provides an…","notes":"failed at sine die 2026-06-05; Cultural awareness training requirements including re: SOGI for healthcare professionals","types_str":"Healthcare Nondiscrimination","sponsor_mix":"D","url":"https://legiscan.com/NY/bill/A00319/2025","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"Assemb. 319, 2025–2026 Leg., Reg. Sess. (N.Y. 2025), https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A319.","short":"N.Y. Assemb. 319."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"Catalina Cruz","party":"D","state":"NY","district":"HD-039","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-20252"},{"name":"Christopher Burdick","party":"D","state":"NY","district":"HD-093","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-22135"},{"name":"Steven Raga","party":"D","state":"NY","district":"HD-030","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-24192"},{"name":"Tony Simone","party":"D","state":"NY","district":"HD-075","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-24195"}],"citations":[],"text":{"available":true,"credit":"Bill data and text from LegiScan (legiscan.com), licensed CC BY 4.0 and used in modified form. LegiScan does not endorse the Trans Data Initiative.","versions":[{"role":"intro","label":"As introduced","chars":6636}]}}