Senate Bill S2620

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes a direct service professional credit and career ladder tuition assistance grant program

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S2620 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5260
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §13.23, Ment Hyg L; add §6303-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S6106, A8388
2023-2024: S4959, A4337

2021-S2620 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a direct service professional credit and career ladder tuition assistance grant program to develop training programs and improve existing workforce development programs for the purpose of training direct support professionals and establishing a career ladder for individuals working with individuals with developmental disabilities.

2021-S2620 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2620 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2620
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Disabilities
 
 AN ACT to amend the  mental  hygiene  law  and  the  education  law,  in
   relation  to  establishing  a  direct  service professional credit and
   career ladder tuition assistance grant program

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  13.23  of  the  mental hygiene law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision (d) to read as follows:
   (D) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL WORK COOPERATIVELY WITH THE STATE UNIVERSI-
 TY BOARDS OF TRUSTEES AND THE CITY  UNIVERSITY  BOARDS  OF  TRUSTEES  TO
 ESTABLISH  A  GRANT  PROGRAM  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  SIXTY-THREE HUNDRED
 THREE-B OF THE EDUCATION LAW IN ORDER TO DEVELOP TRAINING  PROGRAMS  AND
 IMPROVE  EXISTING  WORKFORCE  DEVELOPMENT  PROGRAMS  FOR  THE PURPOSE OF
 TRAINING DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS AND ESTABLISHING A  CAREER  LADDER
 FOR  INDIVIDUALS  WORKING  WITH INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILI-
 TIES. WITHIN FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR SUCH PURPOSE, THE  COMMISSIONER  MAY
 ESTABLISH A DIRECT SERVICE PROFESSIONAL CREDIT AND CAREER LADDER TUITION
 ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM.
   §  2.  The  education law is amended by adding a new section 6303-b to
 read as follows:
   § 6303-B. DIRECT SERVICE PROFESSIONAL CREDIT AND CAREER LADDER TUITION
 ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING
 TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "DIRECT SERVICE PROFESSIONAL CREDIT PROGRAM" SHALL MEAN THE COMMU-
 NITY COLLEGE PROGRAMS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO  A  MEMORANDUM  OF  UNDER-
 STANDING BETWEEN THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOP-
 MENTAL  DISABILITIES  AND  THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY
 AND THE CITY UNIVERSITY TO  DEVELOP  TRAINING  PROGRAMS  AND  A  COLLEGE
 CERTIFICATE  PROGRAM  THAT LINKS THEORY WITH PRACTICE FOR THE PURPOSE OF
 TRAINING DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS EMPLOYED BY AGENCIES WHO ARE FUND-
 ED BY THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND  PROVID-
 ING  SUPPORTS  AND  SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILI-
 TIES.
              

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