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Assembly Bill A7659

2013-2014 Legislative Session

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

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2013-A7659 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5740
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง401, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9240
2015-2016: A836, S633

2013-A7659 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2013-A7659 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7659

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 29, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee 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 on the same date as section 5 of part
A of chapter 501 of the laws of 2012 takes effect.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11249-01-3

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