Bill Text: NY S02150 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the director of the office for the aging to establish a long term care worker training pilot program for the purpose of expanding access to enhanced education and training for health care and social service practitioners who provide services to elderly persons across the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO AGING [S02150 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S02150-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2150
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 14, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging
       AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to establishing a  long  term
         care  worker  training  pilot program; and providing for the repeal of
         such provisions upon the expiration thereof
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The elder law is amended by adding a new section 218-a to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S 218-A. LONG TERM CARE WORKER TRAINING PILOT PROGRAM.  1. THE  DIREC-
    4  TOR,  WITHIN  AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED THEREFOR, SHALL ESTABLISH A LONG TERM
    5  CARE WORKER TRAINING PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE PURPOSE OF  EXPANDING  ACCESS
    6  TO  ENHANCED  EDUCATION  AND  TRAINING  ACROSS THE CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR
    7  HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL SERVICES PRACTITIONERS WHO  PROVIDE  SERVICES  TO
    8  ELDERLY  PERSONS  AS  DEFINED  BY  PARAGRAPH  (B)  OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF
    9  SECTION TWO HUNDRED FOURTEEN OF THIS TITLE. EMPHASIS SHALL BE PLACED  ON
   10  TRAINING  TRAINERS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TRAINERS FROM COLLEGE,
   11  UNIVERSITY AND BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  FACULTY,  AND
   12  STAFF  OF  PROVIDER  AGENCIES  IN HIGH NEEDS AREAS, AS SET FORTH IN THIS
   13  SECTION, WHO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR HOME CARE, NURSE  AIDES,
   14  PERSONAL  CARE AIDES, CASE MANAGERS IN THE EXPANDED IN-HOME SERVICES FOR
   15  THE ELDERLY PROGRAM, INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SPECIALISTS INCLUDING, BUT
   16  NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE WORKING FOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS, MUNICIPAL
   17  GOVERNMENTS, NEW YORK CONNECTS-CHOICES FOR LONG TERM CARE, SOCIAL  ADULT
   18  DAY CARE, ADULT DAY CARE AND OTHER CAREGIVERS WITH HANDS-ON RESPONSIBIL-
   19  ITIES  FOR  ELDERLY CLIENTS. THE GOAL SHALL BE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF
   20  CARE PROVIDED TO THE ELDERLY, TO ENSURE THAT  INDIVIDUALS  WORKING  WITH
   21  THE  ELDERLY AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE CORE COMPETENCIES IN GERIATRICS, TO
   22  IMPROVE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION,  AND  TO  ASSIST  PROVIDERS  TO  MEET
   23  TRAINING  NEEDS,  INCLUDING REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED BY REGULATORY AGEN-
   24  CIES. THE DIRECTOR SHALL COORDINATE SUCH  EFFORTS  IN  CONJUNCTION  WITH
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02412-01-3
       S. 2150                             2
    1  ONGOING  TRAINING  AND  CERTIFICATION  SERVICES  AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE
    2  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH; OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM  AND
    3  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE SERVICES; STATE COMMISSION ON QUALITY OF CARE AND ADVO-
    4  CACY  FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; EDUCATION DEPARTMENT; STATE UNIVER-
    5  SITY OF NEW YORK; OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND SUCH
    6  OTHER AGENCIES AS APPROPRIATE. SUCH TRAINING SHALL BE  COORDINATED  WITH
    7  COMMUNITY  BASED  AGENCIES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COUNTY HEALTH,
    8  MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENTS; COUNTY  OFFICES  FOR  THE
    9  AGING;  COLLEGES  AND  UNIVERSITIES;  BOARDS  OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL
   10  SERVICES; LONG TERM CARE PROVIDERS; AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS; RURAL
   11  HEALTH NETWORKS; AND SUCH OTHER AGENCIES AS  APPROPRIATE.  THE  DIRECTOR
   12  SHALL  PROVIDE  A  METHOD  FOR  ONGOING  EVALUATION AND REPORTING ON THE
   13  SUCCESS OF THIS PILOT PROGRAM IN MEETING ITS STATED GOALS.
   14    2. THE DIRECTOR, WITHIN AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED THEREFOR, AND IN  CONSUL-
   15  TATION  WITH  THE  AGENCIES  THE DIRECTOR IS REQUIRED TO COORDINATE WITH
   16  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, SHALL CONTRACT WITH ONE  OR
   17  MORE  COLLEGES OR UNIVERSITIES WITH A RECOGNIZED INSTITUTE ON GERONTOLO-
   18  GY, TO ASSIST IN THE DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION OF  THE  LONG
   19  TERM CARE WORKER TRAINING PILOT PROGRAM, INCLUDING THE IDENTIFICATION OF
   20  HIGH  NEEDS  AREAS  WHERE A SHORTAGE OF GERIATRIC TRAINING RESOURCES AND
   21  DIFFICULTIES IN ACCESSING SUCH TRAINING ARE DOCUMENTED.
   22    3. ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST OF  SEPTEMBER  OF  THE  CALENDAR  YEAR  NEXT
   23  SUCCEEDING THE YEAR IN WHICH THIS SECTION TAKES EFFECT, AND EVERY SECOND
   24  YEAR  THEREAFTER,  THE  DIRECTOR  SHALL  REPORT  TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE
   25  LEGISLATURE ON THE ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN TO DESIGN, IMPLEMENT AND EVALU-
   26  ATE THE LONG TERM CARE WORKER TRAINING PILOT PROGRAM. SUCH REPORT  SHALL
   27  INCLUDE  DATA  RELATING TO PROGRAM ACTIVITIES, OUTCOMES AND OTHER PERTI-
   28  NENT INFORMATION NECESSARY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS  OF  THE  PILOT
   29  PROGRAM IN ACCOMPLISHING ITS STATED GOALS.
   30    S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of April of the calendar
   31  year next succeeding the year in which it shall have become a  law,  and
   32  shall expire and be deemed repealed 6 years after it shall take effect.