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Senator · Senate District 43
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History
- Reported and committed to finance
- Referred to mental health and developmental disabilities
Companion bill
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Enacts the skills for direct support professional jobs for the developmentally disabled act
In Assembly Committee · Mental Health · Sponsor Thomas Abinanti
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S7473
Title of bill
An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to enacting the "skills for direct support professional jobs for the developmentally disabled act"
Purpose
The bill requires the Office of People with Developmental Disabilities in consultation with the Department of Labor, the Department of Education and any other office deemed appropriate to produce a report regarding state workforce need projections and credential production for direct support professional jobs for the developmentally disabled.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 amends mental hygiene law by adding a new section 13.4 to report on workforce needs and credential production. Section 2 makes the bill effective immediately.
Existing law
JUSTIFICATION: It has been reported by Clarence Sundram in the report commissioned by Governor Andrew Cuomo that although there are currently hundreds of thousands of persons in direct support jobs across all human services systems there clearly does not exist programs of common validated skill standards and/or competencies for direct support professional support workers. This act will project the workforce needs of the state in the Office of People with Developmental Disabilities and exhibit workforce needs that are not being met by state degrees and certificate production and identify institutions, public or private that can address those workforce needs through new programs or expansion of existing ones. Institutions of higher education, including community colleges, the state university and the city university are encouraged to use the report in master planning for course offerings.
Legislative history
New Bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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