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Senate Bill S3659A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Enacts the skills for direct support professional jobs for the developmentally disabled act

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2015-S3659 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Add §13.42, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7473
2013-2014: S3107

2015-S3659 - Summary

Enacts the skills for direct support professional jobs for the developmentally disabled act.

2015-S3659 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S3659 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3659

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 13, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
  mental Disabilities

AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law,  in  relation  to  enacting  the
  "skills  for  direct support professional jobs for the developmentally
  disabled act"

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "skills for
direct support professional jobs for the developmentally disabled act".
  S  2.  The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section 13.42
to read as follows:
S 13.42 REPORT ON WORKFORCE NEEDS AND CREDENTIAL PRODUCTION.
  1. TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE WITHIN AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND SUBJECT TO
THE AVAILABILITY OF DATA CURRENTLY COLLECTED BY AND  ACCESSIBLE  TO  THE
OFFICE,  THE  OFFICE,  IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND ANY OTHER ENTITY THE OFFICE DEEMS APPROPRI-
ATE, SHALL PRODUCE A REPORT REGARDING STATE WORKFORCE  NEED  PROJECTIONS
AND  CREDENTIAL PRODUCTION. THE REPORT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED
TO:
  (A) THE STATE'S CURRENT AND ANTICIPATED WORKFORCE NEEDS OVER THE  NEXT
FIVE  YEARS,  THE NUMBER OF DEGREES, CERTIFICATES, AND OTHER CREDENTIALS
THAT PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, PRIVATE  OCCU-
PATIONAL  SCHOOLS, LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGES, AND AREA VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS
EXPECT TO ISSUE IN SIMILAR  FIELDS  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  PERFORMING  A
COMPARISON ANALYSIS;
  (B)  TO  THE  EXTENT  PROVIDED  BY SOURCES EXTERNAL TO THE DEPARTMENT,
INDICATE THE STATE'S ANTICIPATED NUMBER OF  DEGREES,  CERTIFICATES,  AND
OTHER  CREDENTIALS  THAT HIGH SCHOOL VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS, APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAMS, AND OTHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS EXPECT
TO ISSUE IN SIMILAR FIELDS;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08999-01-5

2015-S3659A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Add §13.42, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7473
2013-2014: S3107

2015-S3659A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the skills for direct support professional jobs for the developmentally disabled act.

2015-S3659A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S3659A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 3659--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 13, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
  mental 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 enacting the
  "skills for direct support professional jobs for  the  developmentally
  disabled act"

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "skills for
direct support professional jobs for the developmentally disabled act".
  S 2. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new  section  13.42
to read as follows:
S 13.42 REPORT ON WORKFORCE NEEDS AND CREDENTIAL PRODUCTION.
  1. TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE WITHIN AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND SUBJECT TO
THE  AVAILABILITY  OF  DATA CURRENTLY COLLECTED BY AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE
OFFICE, THE OFFICE, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT  OF  LABOR,  THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND ANY OTHER ENTITY THE OFFICE DEEMS APPROPRI-
ATE,  SHALL  PRODUCE A REPORT REGARDING STATE WORKFORCE NEED PROJECTIONS
AND CREDENTIAL PRODUCTION. THE REPORT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE  LIMITED
TO:
  (A)  THE STATE'S CURRENT AND ANTICIPATED WORKFORCE NEEDS OVER THE NEXT
FIVE YEARS, THE NUMBER OF DEGREES, CERTIFICATES, AND  OTHER  CREDENTIALS
THAT  PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, PRIVATE OCCU-
PATIONAL SCHOOLS, LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGES, AND AREA VOCATIONAL  SCHOOLS
EXPECT  TO  ISSUE  IN  SIMILAR  FIELDS  FOR  THE PURPOSE OF PERFORMING A
COMPARISON ANALYSIS;
  (B) TO THE EXTENT PROVIDED BY  SOURCES  EXTERNAL  TO  THE  DEPARTMENT,
INDICATE  THE  STATE'S  ANTICIPATED NUMBER OF DEGREES, CERTIFICATES, AND

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08999-02-6

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