Bill Text: NY S07472 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities to define a career path for direct support professionals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-30 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S07472 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S07472-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        7472--A
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 23, 2012
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       Introduced  by Sen. McDONALD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
         mental Disabilities -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring the
         commissioner of developmental disabilities to define a career path for
         direct support professionals
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section
    2  16.39 to read as follows:
    3    S 16.39 CAREER PATH FOR DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS.  NOTWITHSTANDING
    4  ANY PROVISIONS OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE COMMISSIONER, IN  CONJUNCTION
    5  WITH  NATIONAL AND STATE EXPERTS, SHALL CREATE A PUBLIC WORKFORCE INITI-
    6  ATIVE TO DEFINE A CAREER PATH MODEL FOR DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS  BY
    7  BLENDING  BEST PRACTICE LEARNING INITIATIVES INCLUDING THE UNIVERSITY OF
    8  MINNESOTA'S COLLEGE OF DIRECT SUPPORT AND NEW YORK STATE DIRECT  SUPPORT
    9  PROFESSIONAL  COMPETENCIES.  FOR  PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS, THE DEPARTMENT
   10  SHALL CONDUCT ONE-DAY REGIONAL LEARNING SEMINARS ON THE TREND OF  DEVEL-
   11  OPMENTALLY  DISABLED SERVICES TOWARD COMPETENCY BASED TRAINING, THE ROLE
   12  AND VALUE OF SKILL MENTORS,  AND  FACILITATING  DIRECT  SUPPORT  PROFES-
   13  SIONALS PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENT.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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