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Assembly Bill A9240

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to training for staff in residential mental health treatment units programs inside correctional facilities

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2011-A9240 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง401, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7659
2015-2016: A836

2011-A9240 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to training for staff in residential mental health treatment units programs inside correctional facilities.

2011-A9240 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  9240

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 9, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- 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
added by chapter 1 of the laws of 2008, 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 New York state commission on quality  of  care  and
advocacy  for  persons  with  disabilities. All department staff who are
transferring into a  residential  mental  health  treatment  unit  shall
receive a minimum of eight additional 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 additional training on these topics on an ongoing basis as
it deems appropriate.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14210-01-2

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