Bill Text: NY S02466 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires employees and volunteers providing services to persons with developmental disabilities to complete certain training.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-12 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S02466 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S02466-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2466--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 23, 2015
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  RITCHIE, DILAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and
          Developmental Disabilities -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Mental
          Health  and  Developmental Disabilities in accordance with Senate Rule
          6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  mental hygiene law, in relation to standardized
          training curriculum requirements for employees and volunteers  provid-
          ing services to persons with developmental disabilities
          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 training curriculum
     6  consistent with this subdivision.   In developing such  curriculum,  the
     7  commissioner  shall  conduct a literature review of reports, studies and
     8  other training models regarding the training of direct care workers  for
     9  persons with developmental disabilities.  Such curriculum shall include,
    10  but  not  be  limited to: (1) abuse, neglect and maltreatment indication
    11  and prevention, (2)  laws,  regulations  and  procedures  governing  the
    12  protection   of  persons  with  disabilities  from  abuse,  neglect  and
    13  maltreatment, (3) identification, safety and  security  procedures,  (4)
    14  fire  safety,  (5)  first  aid,  (6)  cardiopulmonary resuscitation, (7)
    15  cultural competence, and (8) any other appropriate topic.
    16    The format of such training or programs shall be in  traditional  live
    17  classroom  or  audience  settings;  teleconferences;  video conferences;
    18  satellite transmissions; motion picture presentations; interactive video
    19  instructions;  activities  electronically   transmitted   from   another
    20  location;  on-line  computer  courses;  or  any other interactive format
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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