NY State Senate Bill S2534A

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 23, 2022	approval memo.55 signed chap.737
Dec 12, 2022	delivered to governor
Jun 01, 2022	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.986 substituted for s2534a
Jun 01, 2022	substituted by a1880a
May 05, 2022	advanced to third reading amended (t) 2534a
May 04, 2022	2nd report cal.
May 03, 2022	1st report cal.986
Jan 05, 2022	referred to health
Jan 21, 2021	referred to health

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S2534 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1880
Law Section:: Health
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S6223, A7589

S2534 - Summary

Requires home health aides and nurse's aides to receive training in working with patients of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities or expressions as part of the education and training for certification; directs the commissioner of health to develop curriculum in accordance with specified information.

S2534 - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S2534

SPONSOR: RIVERA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act relating to requiring home health aides and nurse's aides to
receive training in working with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
individuals

 
PURPOSE:

To require the Department of Health to add a "working with LGBTQ+ indi-
viduals" module to the Home Care Curriculum and the Nurse Aide Training
Program to help ensure that LGBTQ+ individuals of all ages get better,
more culturally competent care.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 requires that the Commissioner of Health, in consultation with
the Commissioner of Education, shall develop a training program that
focuses on working with LGBTQ+ individuals as part of the state approved

education or training programs required for certification of home health
aides, personal care aides, personal care staff, and certified nurse's
aides.

Section 2 sets the requirements of the training program which include
but are not limited to (1) an explanation of the terms lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and transgender, (2) a understanding of why LGBTQ+ individuals
may hide their identity, (3) incorporate LGBTQ+ concerns into person-di-
rected care, so that each individual can make the best decisions for
their own situation, (4) specific information designed for staff working
in nursing care or other residential care settings, (5) unique needs of
LGBTQ+ individuals and older adults, (6) an overview of the various
rights and protections extended to LGBTQ+ individuals, (7) best prac-
tices for creating communities welcoming to LGBTQ+ individuals including
older adults, their loved ones, and their caregivers, (8) practical tips
from experts about how to ask questions related to sexual orientation
and gender identity and understand why these questions are important for
all service organizations, (9) the nuances of asking questions related
to sexual orientation and gender identity to LGBTQ+ individuals, (10)
how to respectfully respond to questions and concerns that arise in
these conversations, (11) best practices for providing transgender
affirming care.

Sections 3 requires that the training unit be developed within six
months of the effective date of this bill and shall be required for all
certifications and recertifications of home health aides, personal care
aides, personal care staff, and certified nurse's aides.

Section 4 sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

A visit to a healthcare facility can make someone uncomfortable for a
variety of reasons. This is especially the case for many LGBTQ+ individ-
uals who may have difficulty finding health care where they feel
included and accepted. A 2017 CAP survey provided evidence that LGBTQ+
individuals experience discrimination in healthcare settings.  Some
individuals have reported being refused care because of their sexual
orientation or gender identity. These issues extend beyond the patients
themselves. Family members, partners and other loved ones have reported
being refused recognition by healthcare providers.

In many other cases, staff who did not intend any harm can cause prob-
lems from simple mistakes that occur due to lack of understanding or
experience interacting with LGBTQ+ individuals. Many LGBTQ+ individuals
have unique life experiences that require different practices. Under
current law, there is no training that specifically addresses the needs
of LGBTQ+ patients. The training that this bill requires would help
bridge this gap between home health aides, personal care aides, personal
care staff, and certified nurse's aides who want to provide adequate
care and LGBTQ+ patients of all ages.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-2020: S6223/A7589 Dinowitz

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S2534 - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2534
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 21, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. RIVERA, HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT relating to requiring home health  aides  and  nurse's  aides  to
   receive  training in working with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgen-
   der individuals

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  commissioner  of  health,  in  consultation with the
 commissioner of education, shall develop a training program  unit  which
 focuses  on  working  with  lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender popu-
 lations, as part of the state approved education  or  training  programs
 required  for  certification  of home health aides, personal care aides,
 personal care staff, and certified nurse's aides.
   § 2. The training program unit required by this act should include the
 following components and information:
   (a) an explanation of the terms lesbian, gay, bisexual, and  transgen-
 der (LGBT);
   (b) an understanding of why LGBT individuals may hide their identity;
   (c)  incorporate LGBT concerns into person-directed care, so that each
 individual can make the best decisions for their own situation;
   (d) specific information designed for staff working in nursing care or
 other residential care settings;
   (e) unique needs of LGBT individuals, including older adults;
   (f) an overview of the various rights and protections extended to LGBT
 individuals;
   (g) best practices for creating communities welcoming to LGBT individ-
 uals including older adults, their loved ones, and their caregivers;
   (h) practical tips from experts about how to ask questions related  to
 sexual  orientation  and  gender identity and understand why these ques-
 tions are important for all service organizations;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05729-01-1

 S. 2534                             2
 
   (i) teach the nuances of asking questions  related  to  sexual  orien-
 tation and gender identity to LGBT individuals, including older adults;
   (j)  how  to respectfully respond to questions and concerns that arise
 in conversations relating to sexual orientation and gender identity; and
   (k) best practices for providing transgender affirming care.
   § 3. The training unit required by this act shall be developed  within
 six  months  of the effective date of this act and shall be required for
 all certifications and re-certifications of home health aides,  personal
 care  aides,  personal care staff, and certified nurse's aides issued on
 and after such six month date.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

Co-Sponsors

S2534A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1880
Law Section:: Health
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S6223, A7589

S2534A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S2534A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S2534A

SPONSOR: RIVERA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act relating to requiring home health aides and nurse's aides to
receive training in working with patients of diverse sexual orientations
and gender identities or expressions

 
PURPOSE:

To require the Department of Health to add a "working with patients of
diverse sexual orientations and gender identities or expressions" module
to the Home Care Curriculum and the Nurse Aide Training Program to help
ensure that such patients of diverse sexual orientations and gender
identities or expressions individuals of all ages get better, more
culturally competent care.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 requires that the Commissioner of Health, in consultation with
the Commissioner of Education, shall develop a training program that

focuses on working with patients of diverse sexual orientations and
gender identities or expressions individuals as part of the state
approved education or training programs required for certification of
home health aides, personal care aides, personal care staff, and certi-
fied nurse's aides.

Section 2 sets the requirements of the training program which include
but are not limited to: (1) an explanation of the terms lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual, gender
nonconforming and non-binary; (2) a understanding of why patients of
diverse sexual orientations and gender identities or expressions indi-
viduals may hide their identity, (3) incorporate patients of diverse
sexual orientations and gender identities or expressions concerns into
person-directed care, so that each individual can make the best deci-
sions for their own situation, (4) specific information designed for
staff working in nursing care or other residential care settings, (5)
unique needs of patients of diverse sexual orientations and gender iden-
tities or expressions individuals and older adults, (6) an overview of
the various rights and protections extended to patients of diverse sexu-
al orientations and gender identities or expressions individuals, (7)
best pracices for creating communities welcoming to patients of diverse
sexual orientations and gender identities or expressions individuals
including older adults, their loved ones, and their caregivers, (8)
practical tips from experts about how to ask questions related to sexual
orientation and gender identity and understand why these questions are
important for all service organizations, (9) the nuances of asking ques-
tions related to sexual orientation and gender identity to patients of
diverse sexual orientations and gender identities or expressions indi-
viduals, (10) how to respectfully respond to questions and concerns that
arise in these conversations, (11) best practices for providing trans-
gender affirming care.

Sections 3 requires that the training unit be developed within six
months of the effective date of this bill and shall be required for all
certifications and recertifications of home health aides, personal care
aides, personal care staff, and certified nurse's aides.

Section 4 sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

A visit to a healthcare facility can make someone uncomfortable for a
variety of reasons. This is especially the case for many patients of
diverse sexual orientations and gender identities or expressions indi-
viduals who may have difficulty finding health care where they feel
included and accepted. A 2017 CAP survey provided evidence that patients
of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities or expressions
individuals experience discrimination in healthcare settings. Some indi-
viduals have reported being refused care because of their sexual orien-
tation or gender identity. These issues extend beyond the patients them-
selves. Family members, partners and other loved ones have reported
being refused recognition by healthcare providers.

In many other cases, staff who did not intend any harm can cause prob-
lems from simple mistakes that occur due to lack of understanding or
experience interacting with patients of diverse sexual orientations and
gender identities or expressions individuals. Many patients of diverse
sexual orientations and gender identities or expressions individuals
have unique life experiences that require different practices. Under
current law, there is no training that specifically addresses the needs
of patients of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities or
expressions patients. The training that this bill requires would help
bridge this gap between home health aides, personal care aides, personal
care staff, and certified nurse's aides who want to provide adequate
care and patients of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities
or expressions patients of all ages.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-2020: S6223/A7589 Dinowitz

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S2534A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2534--A
     Cal. No. 986
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 21, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. RIVERA, ADDABBO, BIAGGI, COONEY, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN,
   JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
   committed  to  the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the Committee
   on Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favora-
   bly from said committee, ordered to first and second  report,  amended
   on  second  report, ordered to a third reading, and to be reprinted as
   amended, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT relating to requiring home health  aides  and  nurse's  aides  to
   receive  training  in  working  with patients of diverse sexual orien-
   tations and gender identities or expressions
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  commissioner  of  health,  in  consultation with the
 commissioner of education, shall develop a training program  unit  which
 focuses  on  working  with  patients  of diverse sexual orientations and
 gender identities or expressions, as part of the state  approved  educa-
 tion  or  training  programs  required  for certification of home health
 aides, personal care aides, personal care staff, and  certified  nurse's
 aides.
   § 2. The training program unit required by this act should include the
 following components and information:
   (a)  an  explanation of the terms lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, ques-
 tioning, intersex, asexual, gender non-conforming and non-binary;
   (b) an understanding of why patients with diverse sexual  orientations
 and gender identities or expressions may hide their identities;
   (c)  incorporate concerns of patients with diverse sexual orientations
 and gender identities or expressions into person-directed care, so  that
 each individual can make the best decisions for their own situation;
   (d) specific information designed for staff working in nursing care or
 other residential care settings;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05729-03-2

 S. 2534--A                          2
 
   (e)  unique  needs  of  patients  with diverse sexual orientations and
 gender identities or expressions, including older adults;
   (f)  an  overview  of  the various rights and protections for patients
 with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities or expressions;
   (g) best practices for creating communities welcoming to patients with
 diverse sexual orientations and gender identities or expressions includ-
 ing older adults, their loved ones, and their caregivers;
   (h) practical tips from experts about how to ask questions related  to
 sexual  orientation and gender identity or expression and understand why
 these questions are important for all service organizations;
   (i) teach the nuances of asking questions  related  to  sexual  orien-
 tation and gender identity or expression, including older adults;
   (j)  how  to respectfully respond to questions and concerns that arise
 in conversations relating to sexual orientation and gender  identity  or
 expression; and
   (k)  best  practices  for  providing  affirming  care to patients with
 diverse sexual orientations and gender identities or expressions.
   § 3. The training unit required by this act shall be developed  within
 six  months  of the effective date of this act and shall be required for
 all certifications and re-certifications of home health aides,  personal
 care  aides,  personal care staff, and certified nurse's aides issued on
 and after such six month date.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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S2534 - Details

S2534 - Summary

S2534 - Sponsor Memo

S2534 - Bill Text download pdf

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S2534A (ACTIVE) - Details

S2534A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S2534A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S2534A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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S2534 - Sponsor Memo

S2534 - Bill Text download pdf

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S2534A (ACTIVE) - Details

S2534A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S2534A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S2534A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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