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Assembly Bill A8229

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to grants for home care workforce mentor support

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2021-A8229 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Ren §3622 to be §3623, add §3622, Pub Health L

2021-A8229 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of health to award grants for home care workforce mentor support programs.

2021-A8229 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8229
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 25, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, ANGELINO, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, BRONSON,
   ENGLEBRIGHT, GALEF, GUNTHER, KELLES,  LUNSFORD,  SEAWRIGHT,  SILLITTI,
   SIMON, WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the public health law, in relation to home care work-
   force mentor support

   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. GRANTS FOR HOME CARE WORKFORCE MENTOR SUPPORT. 1. THE COMMIS-
 SIONER SHALL, WITHIN AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED,  MAKE  GRANTS  TO  HOME  CARE
 SERVICE  AGENCIES  AND  NOT-FOR-PROFIT  ENTITIES  FOR  PROVIDING  MENTOR
 SUPPORT FOR HOME CARE SERVICE WORKERS (REFERRED TO IN  THIS  SECTION  AS
 "MENTOR  SUPPORT").  GRANT  APPLICATIONS  SHALL  BE IN A MANNER AND FORM
 PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER. MENTOR SUPPORT  SHALL  USE  MENTORS  WHO
 HAVE  PRACTICAL  EXPERIENCE  IN  HOME CARE SERVICE COMMENSURATE WITH THE
 LEVEL OF HOME CARE SERVICE EXPECTED OF THE WORKERS BEING MENTORED.
   2. IN AWARDING GRANTS UNDER THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  TAKE
 INTO  CONSIDERATION,  IN RELATION TO THE AREA TO BE SERVED, THE NEED FOR
 HOME CARE SERVICES AND  FOR  RECRUITMENT  AND  RETENTION  OF  HOME  CARE
 SERVICE  WORKERS.  IN DEVELOPING THE MENTOR SUPPORT PROGRAM, THE COMMIS-
 SIONER SHALL CONSULT WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF HOME CARE SERVICE  AGENCIES
 AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING HOME CARE SERVICE WORKERS.
   3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAKE REGULATIONS TO ADMINISTER THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11905-01-1

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