Bill Text: NY A01092 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires the education commissioner to establish standards requiring that the one hour of the three hours of coursework or training required of certain specified health care professionals regarding the identification and reporting of child abuse and maltreatment include information regarding the relationship between child abuse, maltreatment and domestic violence and the identification of behavioral and physical indicators of domestic violence.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-4)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to higher education [A01092 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A01092-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1092 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 8, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE, COLTON, COOK, ROBINSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN, CLARK, CROUCH, PERRY, SCARBOROUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to training regarding domestic violence THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 6507 of the educa- 2 tion law, as amended by chapter 554 of the laws of 2013, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 a. Establish standards for preprofessional and professional education, 5 experience and licensing examinations as required to implement the arti- 6 cle for each profession. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 7 commissioner shall establish standards requiring that all persons apply- 8 ing, on or after January first, nineteen hundred ninety-one, initially, 9 or for the renewal of, a license, registration or limited permit to be a 10 physician, chiropractor, dentist, registered nurse, podiatrist, optome- 11 trist, psychiatrist, psychologist, licensed master social worker, 12 licensed clinical social worker, licensed creative arts therapist, 13 licensed marriage and family therapist, licensed mental health counse- 14 lor, licensed psychoanalyst, dental hygienist, licensed behavior 15 analyst, or certified behavior analyst assistant shall, in addition to 16 all the other licensure, certification or permit requirements, have 17 completed [two] THREE hours of coursework or training regarding the 18 identification and reporting of child abuse [and], maltreatment, AND 19 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. The coursework or training shall be obtained from an 20 institution or provider which has been approved by the department to 21 provide such coursework or training. The coursework or training shall 22 include information regarding the physical and behavioral indicators of 23 child abuse [and], maltreatment, AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE and the statutory 24 reporting requirements set out in sections four hundred thirteen through EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06065-01-5 A. 1092 2 1 four hundred twenty of the social services law, including but not limit- 2 ed to, when and how a report must be made, what other actions the repor- 3 ter is mandated or authorized to take, the legal protections afforded 4 reporters, and the consequences for failing to report. THE COMMISSIONER 5 SHALL ESTABLISH STANDARDS REQUIRING THAT BEGINNING JANUARY FIRST, TWO 6 THOUSAND SIXTEEN, ONE HOUR OF THE THREE COURSEWORK OR TRAINING HOURS 7 SHALL INCLUDE INFORMATION REGARDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHILD 8 ABUSE, MALTREATMENT, AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF 9 BEHAVIORAL AND PHYSICAL INDICATORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS DEFINED IN 10 SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE-A OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW. Such 11 coursework or training may also include information regarding the phys- 12 ical and behavioral indicators of the abuse of individuals with mental 13 retardation and other developmental disabilities and voluntary reporting 14 of abused or neglected adults to the office of mental retardation and 15 developmental disabilities or the local adult protective services unit. 16 Each applicant shall provide the department with documentation showing 17 that he or she has completed the required training. The department shall 18 provide an exemption from the child abuse [and], maltreatment, AND 19 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE training requirements to any applicant who requests 20 such an exemption and who shows, to the department's satisfaction, that 21 there would be no need because of the nature of his or her practice for 22 him or her to complete such training; 23 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.