Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 01, 2012 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Feb 09, 2012 |
referred to correction |
Assembly Bill A9240
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ORTIZ
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2011-A9240 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A9240 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9240 I N A S S E M B L Y February 9, 2012 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to training for staff in residential mental health treatment units programs inside correctional facilities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 401 of the correction law, as added by chapter 1 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows: 6. The department shall ensure that the curriculum for new [correction officers, and other new] department staff [who will regularly work in programs providing mental health treatment for inmates,] shall include at least eight hours of training about the types and symptoms of mental illnesses, the goals of mental health treatment, the prevention of suicide and training in how to effectively and safely manage inmates with mental illness. Such training may be provided by the office of mental health or the New York state commission on quality of care and advocacy for persons with disabilities. All department staff who are transferring into a residential mental health treatment unit shall receive a minimum of eight additional hours of such training[, and]. ALL SECURITY, PROGRAM SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL STAFF WITH DIRECT INMATE CONTACT SHALL RECEIVE A MINIMUM OF eight hours of [annual] SUCH training [as long as they work in such a unit] EACH YEAR. The department shall provide additional training on these topics on an ongoing basis as it deems appropriate. S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14210-01-2
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