Bill Text: NY A01931 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 1931 (Prior Session Legislation)

NY State Legislature page for A01931

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities to define a career path for direct support professionals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to mental health [A01931 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A01931-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1931
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Mental Health
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring the
         commissioner of developmental disabilities to define a career path for
         direct support professionals
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section
    2  16.39 to read as follows:
    3  S 16.39 CAREER PATH FOR DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS.
    4    NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISIONS OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE COMMISSION-
    5  ER, IN CONJUNCTION WITH NATIONAL  AND  STATE  EXPERTS,  SHALL  CREATE  A
    6  PUBLIC  WORKFORCE  INITIATIVE  TO  DEFINE A CAREER PATH MODEL FOR DIRECT
    7  SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS BY BLENDING  BEST  PRACTICE  LEARNING  INITIATIVES
    8  INCLUDING  THE  UNIVERSITY  OF MINNESOTA'S COLLEGE OF DIRECT SUPPORT AND
    9  NEW YORK STATE DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL  COMPETENCIES.  FOR  PROVIDER
   10  ORGANIZATIONS,  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL CONDUCT ONE-DAY REGIONAL LEARNING
   11  SEMINARS ON THE TREND OF DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED SERVICES TOWARD COMPE-
   12  TENCY BASED TRAINING, THE ROLE AND VALUE OF SKILL MENTORS,  AND  FACILI-
   13  TATING DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENT.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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