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- Referred to labor
- Referred to labor
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Requires private hospital security officers to receive forty hours of comprehensive training and authorizes the commissioner to develop such training
In Assembly Committee · Labor · Sponsor Susan John
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Title of bill
An act to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring private hospital security officers to receive forty hours of comprehensive training and authorizing the commissioner of labor to develop such training program
Purpose
To require private hospital security officers to receive forty hours of comprehensive training and authorizes the commissioner to develop such training.
Summary of provisions
The Labor Law is amended by adding a new § 27-c to require the development and implantation of a comprehensive forty hour training program for private hospital security officers.
Justification
Security Officers in hospitals are often assigned to restrain, transport or watch psychiatric patients, which they are not always qualified to do. It is not uncommon for the officers to be assigned to watch up to nine psychiatric patients at any given time. There have been many officers injured, most notably a 25 year veteran of Long Island Jewish Medical Center who was knocked down and his head repeatedly smashed to the floor. This psychiatric patient went from a calm individual to a man out of control and the officer never noticed any change in him prior to this outburst. Proper training on dealing with this situation could have helped him. However, the officer had to receive therapy.
Legislative history
2008: S.5707 - 3rd Reading Calendar/A.10787 - Referred to Labor 2007: S.5707 - Passed Senate 2006: S.2357 - Referred to Labor/A.6204 - Referred to Labor 2005: S.2357 - Referred to Labor/A.6204 - Referred to Labor
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Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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