Bill Text: NY S01352 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to a pilot program for the recruitment and training of retired persons to become home care workers; provides specialized training; requires a report detailing improved health and financial outcomes for the retired workers participating in the pilot program, as well as satisfaction and improved health care outcomes of patients assigned to retired workers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S01352 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01352-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1352
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 14, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  a  pilot  program
          for  the  recruitment  and  training of retired persons to become home
          care workers
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  3622  of the public health law, as renumbered by
     2  section 22 of part C of chapter 58 of the laws of  2004,  is  renumbered
     3  section 3623 and a new section 3622 is added to read as follows:
     4    § 3622. Pilot program for the recruitment and training of certain home
     5  care  workers.    1.  Subject  to  appropriation, the commissioner shall
     6  establish a pilot program in up to four  counties  to  provide  for  the
     7  recruitment and training of retired persons to become home care workers.
     8  The  pilot  program  shall  work  with not-for-profit organizations, and
     9  licensed and certified home care agencies to develop a public  awareness
    10  campaign  for  distribution and advertisement of the pilot program to be
    11  targeted to retired persons.   The commissioner shall  designate  up  to
    12  four  counties  for  the  pilot  program and shall issue rules and regu-
    13  lations to coordinate training and  recruitment  with  local  home  care
    14  agencies.   Such training shall include, but not be limited to, special-
    15  ized training focusing on safety  in  physical  aspects  of  employment,
    16  applicability  of chronic disease prevention and management for patients
    17  and employees, and mental health  concerns  for  both  the  patient  and
    18  employees.
    19    2. The commissioner, in conjunction with participating home care agen-
    20  cies, shall create a report that provides information, including but not
    21  limited  to,  tracking  the  job performance and satisfaction of retired
    22  persons employed as home care workers,  improved  health  and  financial
    23  outcomes  for the retired workers participating in the pilot program, as
    24  well as satisfaction and  improved  health  care  outcomes  of  patients
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  assigned to retired workers. The report shall be submitted to the gover-
     2  nor,  the  temporary  president  of  the  senate, and the speaker of the
     3  assembly no later than  October  first,  two  thousand  twenty-one.  The
     4  commissioner  shall  also  coordinate  with  the participating home care
     5  agencies to develop best practices for  distribution  across  the  state
     6  related  to the training and recruitment of retired persons as home care
     7  workers.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
     9  it shall have become a law.