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                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 3, 2015
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Introduced  by M. of A. CLARK -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Health

AN ACT to amend the social services  law,  in  relation  to  residential
  programs for adults with traumatic brain injuries

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new  section
461-n to read as follows:
  S  461-N.  RESIDENTIAL  CARE  PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN
INJURIES. ANY RESIDENTIAL ADULT CARE  FACILITY  SERVING  RESIDENTS  WITH
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY MUST HOLD A NATIONAL CERTIFICATION BY THE ACADEMY
OF  CERTIFIED  BRAIN  INJURY  SPECIALISTS  AS  A  CERTIFIED BRAIN INJURY
SPECIALIST (CBIS), OR HOLD A CURRENT PROFESSIONAL LICENSE  OR  EMPLOY  A
RESIDENT  MANAGER  WHO  HOLDS A CURRENT PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AS A PHYSI-
CIAN, NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  REGISTERED  NURSE,  LICENSED  REHABILITATION
PROFESSIONAL,  CERTIFIED  BRAIN  INJURY  SPECIALIST  (CBIS)  OR LICENSED
MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL WHO IS TRAINED AND EXPERIENCED  IN  THE  CARE
AND REHABILITATION OF RESIDENTS WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law, provided, however, that  effective  immediately,  the
addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
to be made on or before such effective date.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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