Assembly Bill A10258

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes a comprehensive training program for care managers employed by care coordination organizations

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A10258 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9155
Current Committee:
Assembly People With Disabilities
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §13.23, Ment Hyg L

2023-A10258 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a comprehensive training program for care managers employed by care coordination organizations; mandates care managers complete the training before working with clients.

2023-A10258 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10258
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 15, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Seawright)
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on People with Disabilities
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation  to  establishing  a
   comprehensive  training  program  for  care  managers employed by care
   coordination organizations
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 "Ella's law".
   § 2. Section 13.23 of the mental hygiene law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision (d) to read as follows:
   (D)  THE  OFFICE  SHALL ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAM, IN
 CONJUNCTION WITH CARE COORDINATION ORGANIZATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS  THAT
 ADVOCATE  ON  BEHALF OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, FOR
 CARE MANAGERS EMPLOYED BY CARE  COORDINATION  ORGANIZATIONS  WHICH  SUCH
 CARE  MANAGERS SHALL COMPLETE BEFORE WORKING WITH CLIENTS. SUCH TRAINING
 PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   1. PERSON-CENTERED PLANNING PRINCIPLES.
   2. EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES FOR  INDIVIDUALS  WITH  DEVELOP-
 MENTAL  DISABILITIES,  INCLUDING  BUT NOT LIMITED TO HOW TO BEST INCLUDE
 AND COLLABORATE WITH PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, THEIR FAMI-
 LIES, AND SUPPORT NETWORKS IN ALL COMMUNICATIONS,  MEETINGS,  AND  DECI-
 SION-MAKING  TO  DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT PLANS THAT ENHANCE QUALITY OF LIFE
 AND PROMOTE INDEPENDENCE.
   3. UNDERSTANDING, RESPECTING, AND SUPPORTING THE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS
 WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO  VOTING
 RIGHTS.
   4. CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND SENSITIVITY.
   5. ADVOCACY SKILLS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
   6.  COMPLIANCE  WITH  RELEVANT  LAWS AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THE
 CARE OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
   7. KNOWLEDGE OF  THE  HEALTH  CARE  SYSTEM,  AVAILABLE  SERVICES,  AND
 RESOURCES,  AS WELL AS AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO NAVIGATE THE SYSTEM ON
 BEHALF OF THE INDIVIDUALS THEY SERVE.   THIS SHALL INCLUDE  BUT  NOT  BE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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