Requires standardized training curriculum for persons employed or volunteering at a mental health care provider facility certified or operated by the office for people with developmental disabilities.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8467
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
October 9, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Mental Health
AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to standardized
training curriculum requirements
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 13.23 of the mental hygiene law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision (d) to read as follows:
3 (d) The commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations requiring all
4 persons who are employed or volunteering at a provider licensed, certi-
5 fied or operated by the office to complete a standardized training
6 curriculum consistent with this chapter. Such curriculum shall include,
7 but not be limited to: (i) abuse, neglect and maltreatment indication
8 and prevention, (ii) laws, regulations and procedures governing the
9 protection of persons with disabilities from abuse, neglect and
10 maltreatment, (iii) identification, safety and security procedures, (iv)
11 fire safety, (v) first aid, (vi) cardiopulmonary resuscitation, (vii)
12 cultural competence, and (viii) any other appropriate topic.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect on July 1, 2016.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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