What's happening
This bill requires certain licensed professionals in New York to complete three hours of training, including new content on domestic violence, for license or registration.
Why it matters
Expanded training requirements. mean that professionals like doctors, nurses, social workers, and others will be better equipped to recognize not just child abuse and maltreatment, but also domestic violence, potentially leading to earlier intervention and support for victims.
Mandated curriculum content. ensures that at least one hour of the new three-hour training specifically addresses the relationship between child abuse, maltreatment, and domestic violence, and teaches how to identify physical and behavioral signs of domestic violence. This can help professionals understand the interconnectedness of these issues and respond more effectively.
Exemption criteria remain. for those whose professional practice does not involve situations where this training would be relevant, allowing for flexibility and reducing unnecessary burdens on unrelated professionals.
Broader public safety implications. By increasing awareness and reporting accuracy among a wide range of professionals, the bill could contribute to a more coordinated community response to family violence, improve client outcomes, and potentially reduce the prevalence and severity of domestic violence and child abuse in New York.
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- Recommit, enacting clause stricken
- Referred to higher education
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3490
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 23, 2017
Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to training regarding domestic violence
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 6507 of the education law, as amended by chapter 554 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
a. Establish standards for preprofessional and professional education, experience and licensing examinations as required to implement the article for each profession. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commissioner shall establish standards requiring that all persons applying, on or after January first, nineteen hundred ninety-one, initially, or for the renewal of, a license, registration or limited permit to be a physician, chiropractor, dentist, registered nurse, podiatrist, optometrist, psychiatrist, psychologist, licensed master social worker, licensed clinical social worker, licensed creative arts therapist, licensed marriage and family therapist, licensed mental health counselor, licensed psychoanalyst, dental hygienist, licensed behavior analyst, or certified behavior analyst assistant shall, in addition to all the other licensure, certification or permit requirements, have completed [two] three hours of coursework or training regarding the identification and reporting of child abuse [and], maltreatment, and domestic violence. The coursework or training shall be obtained from an institution or provider which has been approved by the department to provide such coursework or training. The coursework or training shall include information regarding the physical and behavioral indicators of child abuse [and], maltreatment, and domestic violence and the statutory reporting requirements set out in sections four hundred thirteen through four hundred twenty of the social services law, including but not limit-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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ed to, when and how a report must be made, what other actions the reporter is mandated or authorized to take, the legal protections afforded reporters, and the consequences for failing to report. The commissioner shall establish standards requiring that beginning January first, two thousand eighteen, one hour of the three coursework or training hours shall include information regarding the relationship between child abuse, maltreatment, and domestic violence and the identification of behavioral and physical indicators of domestic violence as defined in section four hundred fifty-nine-a of the social services law. Such coursework or training may also include information regarding the physical and behavioral indicators of the abuse of individuals with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities and voluntary reporting of abused or neglected adults to the office of mental retardation and developmental disabilities or the local adult protective services unit. Each applicant shall provide the department with documentation showing that he or she has completed the required training. The department shall provide an exemption from the child abuse [and], maltreatment, and domestic violence training requirements to any applicant who requests such an exemption and who shows, to the department's satisfaction, that there would be no need because of the nature of his or her practice for him or her to complete such training;
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to training regarding domestic violence
Purpose of bill
The purpose of this bill is to expand existing educational mediums to include training of medical professionals in the recognition of the physical and behavioral indicators of domestic violence and elder abuse.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of the bill would amend paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of 6507 of the Education Law, as amended by Chapter 356 of the laws of 2006 to include additional requirements to the ones set forth in (a). 6507(3) (a) as amended in 1989 mandates that medical professionals who are covered under the mandatory child abuse reporting law receive two (2) hours of coursework or training regarding the identification and reporting of child abuse and maltreatment. This bill would add a third hour to that two hour course, and mandate that third hour be spent discussing the identification of the symptoms of domestic violence and elder abuse.
Justification
Child abuse does not generally occur in isolation. Rather, it often occurs as part of a larger cycle of domestic violence that includes adults, including spouses, parents, and grandparents. Medical professionals are presently required to undergo a two hour training course for the identification of the physical and behavioral indicators of child abuse. It is most appropriate that this course be the forum for a summary treatment of the identification of domestic violence and elder abuse.
Legislative history
1997-98 - S.2252-A/A.90-A(Hoyt)- Amend and Recommit to Higher Education 1999-00 - S.1701/A.2387(Hoyt)- Referred to Higher Education 2001-02 - S.3048/A.2070(Hoyt)- Referred to Higher Education 2003-04 - S.3659/A.1049(Hoyt)- Referred to Higher Education 2005-06 - S.3783/A.4287(Hoyt)- Referred to Higher Education 2007-08 - S.8764 - Referred to Rules 2009-10 - S.5258A/A.8675(Jaffee)- Referred to Higher Education 2011-12 - S.978-A/A.670-A(Jaffee)- Referred to Higher Education 2013-14 - S.3347-A/A.1276-A (Jaffee)- Referred to Higher Education 2015-16 - S.2020/A.1092(Jaffee)- Referred to Higher Education
Fiscal impact
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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