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Assembly Bill A5379

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires standardized training curriculum for persons employed or volunteering at a mental health care provider certified or operated by the office for people with developmental disabilities

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2017-A5379 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Mental Health
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §13.23, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A6083
2015-2016: A8467
2019-2020: A3773

2017-A5379 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires standardized training curriculum for persons employed or volunteering at a mental health care provider facility certified or operated by the office for people with developmental disabilities.

2017-A5379 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5379
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ, SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Mental Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene  law,  in  relation  to  standardized
   training curriculum requirements
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 13.23 of the  mental  hygiene  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision (d) to read as follows:
   (D)  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS REQUIRING ALL
 PERSONS WHO ARE EMPLOYED OR VOLUNTEERING AT A PROVIDER LICENSED,  CERTI-
 FIED  OR  OPERATED  BY  THE  OFFICE  TO COMPLETE A STANDARDIZED TRAINING
 CURRICULUM CONSISTENT WITH THIS CHAPTER. SUCH CURRICULUM SHALL  INCLUDE,
 BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED TO: (I) ABUSE, NEGLECT AND MALTREATMENT INDICATION
 AND PREVENTION, (II) LAWS,  REGULATIONS  AND  PROCEDURES  GOVERNING  THE
 PROTECTION   OF  PERSONS  WITH  DISABILITIES  FROM  ABUSE,  NEGLECT  AND
 MALTREATMENT, (III) IDENTIFICATION, SAFETY AND SECURITY PROCEDURES, (IV)
 FIRE SAFETY, (V) FIRST AID, (VI)  CARDIOPULMONARY  RESUSCITATION,  (VII)
 CULTURAL COMPETENCE, AND (VIII) ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE TOPIC.
   § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08934-01-7

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