Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 12, 2015 |
approval memo.14 |
Dec 11, 2015 |
signed chap.518 |
Nov 30, 2015 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 17, 2015 |
returned to assembly passed senate substituted for s633 |
Jun 15, 2015 |
referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly |
May 21, 2015 |
advanced to third reading cal.397 |
May 19, 2015 |
reported |
Apr 22, 2015 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Jan 07, 2015 |
referred to correction |
Assembly Bill A836
Signed By Governor2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GUNTHER
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
Claudia Tenney
Felix Ortiz
William Colton
Karl Brabenec
multi-Sponsors
N. Nick Perry
2015-A836 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A836 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 836 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to training for staff in residential mental health treatment units programs inside correctional facilities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 401 of the correction law, as amended by section 5 of part A of chapter 501 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: 6. The department shall ensure that the curriculum for new [correction officers, and other new] department staff [who will regularly work in programs providing mental health treatment for inmates,] shall include at least eight hours of training about the types and symptoms of mental illnesses, the goals of mental health treatment, the prevention of suicide and training in how to effectively and safely manage inmates with mental illness. Such training may be provided by the office of mental health or the justice center for the protection of people with special needs. All department staff who are transferring into a residen- tial mental health treatment unit shall receive a minimum of eight addi- tional hours of such training[, and]. ALL SECURITY, PROGRAM SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH, AND MEDICAL STAFF WITH DIRECT INMATE CONTACT SHALL RECEIVE A MINIMUM OF eight hours of [annual] SUCH training [as long as they work in such a unit] EACH YEAR. The department shall provide addi- tional training on these topics on an ongoing basis as it deems appro- priate. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02018-01-5
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