Senate Bill S5668

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes a direct support professional worker registry

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Disabilities 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-S5668 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Disabilities
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Ren §13.43 to be §13.44, add §13.45, Ment Hyg L

2023-S5668 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a direct support professional worker registry of persons who have successfully completed a direct support professional worker education or training program approved by the commissioner or the accrediting body of other states or federal authorities, including the military.

2023-S5668 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5668 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5668
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MANNION -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Disabilities
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation  to  establishing  a
   direct support professional worker registry
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 13.43 of the mental hygiene law, as added by  chap-
 ter  209  of  the  laws  of  2018, is renumbered section 13.44 and a new
 section 13.45 is added to read as follows:
 § 13.45 DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL WORKER REGISTRY.
   (A) AS USED IN THIS  SECTION,  THE  FOLLOWING  TERMS  SHALL  HAVE  THE
 FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (1)  "PROVIDER" MEANS AN ENTITY OPERATING WITH A CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY
 THE COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO SECTION 16.03 OF THIS TITLE.
   (2) "DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL WORKER" OR "WORKER" MEANS ANY  PERSON
 ENGAGED  IN  OR  APPLYING  TO BECOME ENGAGED IN PROVIDING DIRECT SUPPORT
 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, AS DEFINED BY THE OFFICE IN REGULATION.
   (3) "REGISTRY" MEANS THE DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL WORKER REGISTRY.
   (4) "DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL WORKER EDUCATION OR TRAINING PROGRAM"
 OR "PROGRAM" MEANS A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES  EDUCATION  OR  TRAINING  FOR
 PERSONS  TO  MEET  ANY  REQUIREMENT ESTABLISHED BY THE OFFICE FOR DIRECT
 SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL WORKER SERVICES, WHICH IS APPROVED BY THE OFFICE.
   (5) "SELF-DIRECTION PROGRAM" MEANS THE SELF-DIRECTION  PROGRAM  IMPLE-
 MENTED  BY  THE OFFICE PURSUANT TO 42 CFR 441 SUBPART M OR ANY SUCCESSOR
 REGULATION.
   (B) THE OFFICE SHALL DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN  A  DIRECT  SUPPORT  PROFES-
 SIONAL  WORKER  REGISTRY  OF  PERSONS  WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A
 DIRECT  SUPPORT  PROFESSIONAL  WORKER  EDUCATION  OR  TRAINING   PROGRAM
 APPROVED  BY THE COMMISSIONER OR THE ACCREDITING BODY OF OTHER STATES OR
 FEDERAL AUTHORITIES, INCLUDING THE MILITARY. INFORMATION IN THE REGISTRY
 SHALL BE ACCESSIBLE ON THE OFFICE'S WEBSITE BY  DIRECT  SUPPORT  PROFES-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10170-02-3
              

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