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Senate Bill S7039

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to competency exams offered to qualified home care services workers residing outside this state

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2019-S7039 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3613, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S1201

2019-S7039 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to competency exams offered to qualified home care services workers residing outside this state.

2019-S7039 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7039 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7039
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- 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  competency  exams
   offered  to qualified home care services workers residing outside this
   state

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 3613 of the public health law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 7-a to read as follows:
   7-A. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAINTAIN A SCHEDULE SETTING FORTH  WHEN  THE
 DEPARTMENT  SHALL OFFER COMPETENCY EXAMS TO QUALIFIED HOME CARE SERVICES
 WORKERS RESIDING OUTSIDE THIS STATE IN ORDER TO  FILL  ANY  SHORTAGE  OF
 HOME CARE SERVICES WORKERS WORKING IN THIS STATE. SUCH SCHEDULE SHALL BE
 MADE AVAILABLE ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE AND READILY ACCESSIBLE BY THE
 PUBLIC.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
 this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 on or before such date.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14028-01-9

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