Bill Text: NY A05379 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires standardized training curriculum for persons employed or volunteering at a mental health care provider facility certified or operated by the office for people with developmental disabilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to mental health [A05379 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A05379-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5379
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 8, 2017
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        Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ, SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Mental Health
        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene  law,  in  relation  to  standardized
          training curriculum requirements
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 13.23 of the  mental  hygiene  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision (d) to read as follows:
     3    (d)  The  commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations requiring all
     4  persons who are employed or volunteering at a provider licensed,  certi-
     5  fied  or  operated  by  the  office  to complete a standardized training
     6  curriculum consistent with this chapter. Such curriculum shall  include,
     7  but  not  be  limited to: (i) abuse, neglect and maltreatment indication
     8  and prevention, (ii) laws,  regulations  and  procedures  governing  the
     9  protection   of  persons  with  disabilities  from  abuse,  neglect  and
    10  maltreatment, (iii) identification, safety and security procedures, (iv)
    11  fire safety, (v) first aid, (vi)  cardiopulmonary  resuscitation,  (vii)
    12  cultural competence, and (viii) any other appropriate topic.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08934-01-7