Bill Text: NY S03729 | 2011-2012 | 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 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-13 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S03729 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S03729-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3729
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     March 2, 2011
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       Introduced by Sens. OPPENHEIMER, DIAZ -- 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.
                                                                  LBD05935-01-1
       S. 3729                             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 THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND
   24  ELEVEN WHICH ADDED THIS SECTION TAKES  EFFECT,  AND  EVERY  SECOND  YEAR
   25  THEREAFTER,  THE  DIRECTOR SHALL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLA-
   26  TURE ON THE ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN TO DESIGN, IMPLEMENT AND EVALUATE  THE
   27  LONG  TERM CARE WORKER TRAINING PILOT PROGRAM. SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE
   28  DATA RELATING TO PROGRAM ACTIVITIES, OUTCOMES AND OTHER PERTINENT INFOR-
   29  MATION NECESSARY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PILOT  PROGRAM  IN
   30  ACCOMPLISHING ITS STATED GOALS.
   31    S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of April of the calendar
   32  year next succeeding the year in which it shall have become a  law,  and
   33  shall expire and be deemed repealed 6 years after it shall take effect.