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Senate Bill S8723

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to a pilot program for the recruitment and training of certain home care workers

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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:
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

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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