Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 10, 2018 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S8723
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
- 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
2017-S8723 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Ren §3622 to be §3623, amd §3622, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2019-2020:
S1352
2021-2022: S3843
2017-S8723 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to a pilot program for the recruitment and training of retired persons to become home care workers; provides specialized training; requires a report detailing improved health and financial outcomes for the retired workers participating in the pilot program, as well as satisfaction and improved health care outcomes of patients assigned to retired workers.
2017-S8723 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8723 SPONSOR: SERINO TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to a pilot program for the recruitment and training of retired persons to become home care workers PURPOSE: To establish a pilot program for the recruitment and training of retired persons to become home care workers SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Establishes a pilot program in up to four counties to provide for recruitment and training of retired persons to become home care workers. Training shall include specialized training focusing on safety in physical aspects of employment, applicability of chronic disease prevention and management for patients and employees, and mental health
2017-S8723 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8723 I N S E N A T E May 10, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to a pilot program for the recruitment and training of retired persons to become home care workers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 3622 of the public health law, as renumbered by section 22 of part C of chapter 58 of the laws of 2004, is renumbered section 3623 and a new section 3622 is added to read as follows: § 3622. PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING OF CERTAIN HOME CARE WORKERS. 1. SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A PILOT PROGRAM IN UP TO FOUR COUNTIES TO PROVIDE FOR THE RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING OF RETIRED PERSONS TO BECOME HOME CARE WORKERS. THE PILOT PROGRAM SHALL WORK WITH NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AND LICENSED AND CERTIFIED HOME CARE AGENCIES TO DEVELOP A PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN FOR DISTRIBUTION AND ADVERTISEMENT OF THE PILOT PROGRAM TO BE TARGETED TO RETIRED PERSONS. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DESIGNATE UP TO FOUR COUNTIES FOR THE PILOT PROGRAM AND SHALL ISSUE RULES AND REGU- LATIONS TO COORDINATE TRAINING AND RECRUITMENT WITH LOCAL HOME CARE AGENCIES. SUCH TRAINING SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, SPECIAL- IZED TRAINING FOCUSING ON SAFETY IN PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF EMPLOYMENT, APPLICABILITY OF CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT FOR PATIENTS AND EMPLOYEES, AND MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS FOR BOTH THE PATIENT AND EMPLOYEES. 2. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONJUNCTION WITH PARTICIPATING HOME CARE AGEN- CIES, SHALL CREATE A REPORT THAT PROVIDES INFORMATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TRACKING THE JOB PERFORMANCE AND SATISFACTION OF RETIRED PERSONS EMPLOYED AS HOME CARE WORKERS, IMPROVED HEALTH AND FINANCIAL OUTCOMES FOR THE RETIRED WORKERS PARTICIPATING IN THE PILOT PROGRAM, AS WELL AS SATISFACTION AND IMPROVED HEALTH CARE OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS ASSIGNED TO RETIRED WORKERS. THE REPORT SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE GOVER- NOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY NO LATER THAN OCTOBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY. THE COMMIS- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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