Bill Text: NY S07756 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to mandating training of direct care workers in adverse childhood experiences.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-01 - PRINT NUMBER 7756A [S07756 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S07756-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7756--A
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 16, 2018
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        Introduced by Sens. SAVINO, FUNKE -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when  printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Social Services --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to mandating train-
          ing of direct care workers in adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new  section
     2  20-d to read as follows:
     3    §  20-d.  Training of direct care workers in adverse childhood experi-
     4  ences. 1. As used in this section:
     5    (a) "Direct-care employees" means the employees of  domestic  violence
     6  shelters,  safe  dwellings, and domestic violence programs identified by
     7  the certifying organization to receive training,  which  shall  include,
     8  but  not be limited to, the directors and coordinators of such shelters,
     9  dwellings, and programs, and any individual or  employee  performing  or
    10  required to perform similar responsibilities.
    11    (b)  "Certifying organization" means an organization designated by the
    12  federal department of health and human services to coordinate  statewide
    13  improvements  within  local  communities,  social  services systems, and
    14  programming  regarding  the  prevention  and  intervention  of  domestic
    15  violence in New York state.
    16    (c) "Adverse childhood experiences" or "ACEs" means stressful or trau-
    17  matic  experiences  experienced  during  childhood,  which  are strongly
    18  related to the development and prevalence of  a  wide  range  of  health
    19  problems  throughout  a person's lifetime, including, but not limited to
    20  physical or sexual abuse; domestic violence;  parental  mental  illness;
    21  substance abuse; and incarceration.
    22    2. The office of temporary and disability assistance and the office of
    23  children and family services shall, within amounts appropriated for such
    24  purpose,  contract exclusively with an entity, or with entities in part-
    25  nership, to develop a training  program  for  direct-care  employees  to
    26  identify individuals who have experienced ACEs, develop effective strat-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  egies  for  assisting  and interacting with such individuals, and locate
     2  programs and services  to  which  such  individuals  with  ACEs  may  be
     3  referred  to  help  build the individual's resilience.   Such entity, or
     4  entities  in  partnership,  shall be experienced in providing trauma-in-
     5  formed, victim-centered training on domestic violence, child abuse,  and
     6  ACEs.  Such entity, or entities in partnership, shall be responsible for
     7  providing such training to direct-care employees.
     8    3.  All direct-care employees shall be required to participate in such
     9  training program.  Such training shall be provided at no  cost  to  such
    10  employees.
    11    4. The office of temporary and disability assistance and the office of
    12  children and family services shall, within amounts appropriated for such
    13  purpose,  contract  with  a certifying organization to provide a certif-
    14  ication of completion to each direct-care  employee  who  satisfies  the
    15  requirements of such training program.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    17  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
    18  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    19  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
    20  completed  by  the  commissioner  of  the  office of children and family
    21  services on or before such date.