What's happening
This bill requires elder abuse prevention training for senior service providers and mandates regular educational sessions at senior centers.
Why it matters
Expands responsibility for elder abuse prevention beyond law enforcement. , requiring senior service providers and contractors to be trained in recognizing and responding to elder abuse, ensuring more people in frequent contact with seniors are equipped to help.
Mandates recurring training. for employees who interact directly with seniors, not just a one-time session—requiring supplemental refresher training at least every three years. This helps ensure staff remain up-to-date on best practices and new threats.
Requires senior centers to proactively educate their clients. , not just staff, by holding at least two educational sessions yearly for both guests and members. This empowers seniors and their communities to recognize, prevent, and report abuse themselves.
Broadens the safety net for seniors. by embedding elder abuse awareness and response into the routine operations of organizations serving seniors, potentially leading to earlier detection and intervention in cases of abuse.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1968
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 18, 2019
Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to providing elder abuse prevention training
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 214-c of the executive law, as added by chapter 184 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
§ 214-c. Elder abuse awareness and prevention training. 1. The superintendent, in cooperation with the state office for the aging and the office of children and family services, shall, for all members of the division of state police:
[(1)] a. develop, maintain and disseminate educational material relating to abuse of adults, including physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, active neglect, passive neglect, self neglect, and financial exploitation, as such terms are defined in section four hundred seventy-three of the social services law, and
[(2)] b. establish and implement written procedures and policies in the event a member of the division of state police encounters such abuse, including the provision of information and referral.
2. a. The superintendent shall develop a program to train senior service providers in the detection and reporting of elder abuse. Such program shall also include training on the counseling of elder abuse victims.
b. The superintendent shall require that employees of senior centers and employees of entities that contract with the state office for the aging and the office of children and family services to provide services to senior citizens, be trained in elder abuse detection, reporting and counseling, and receive supplemental refresher training regarding the same at least once every three years, if such employee has or is
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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expected to have significant and direct person to person contact with senior citizens.
c. The superintendent shall require senior centers to hold at least two educational sessions per year during which guests and members of the senior center will receive counseling regarding elder abuse prevention and awareness and be instructed on how to detect and report instances of elder abuse.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law.
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Title of bill
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to providing elder abuse prevention training
Purpose
To ensure senior service providers are trained in the detection and reporting of elder abuse.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 amends section 214-c of the executive law, as added by chapter 184 of the laws of 2008, providing the New York State Police Superinten- dent shall develop a program to train senior service providers in the detection and reporting of elder abuse, including training on the coun- seling of elder abuse victims. The superintendent shall require that employees of senior centers and entities that contract with the Office for the Aging and the Office of Children and Family Services to provide services to senior citizens - be trained in elder abuse detection, reporting and counseling, and receive supplemental refresher training at least once every three years. This requirement applies to employees with significant and direct person to person contact with senior citizens.
Further, the superintendent shall require senior centers to hold at least two educational sessions per year during which guests and members of the senior center will receive counseling regarding elder abuse prevention and awareness and be instructed on how to detect and report instances of elder abuse.
Section 2 provides this act shall take effect on the one hundred twenti- eth day after it shall have become a law.
Existing law
The superintendent is required to develop, maintain and disseminate educational material relating to elder abuse, as well as establish and implement written procedures and policies for when state police encount- ers such abuse.
Justification
Elder abuse takes on numerous forms, including physical, sexual, emotional and financial. With such abuse against vulnerable persons increasingly a problem, a proactive approach is necessary. This includes ensuring senior service providers and employees of senior centers are properly trained in elder abuse detection, reporting and counseling
Legislative history
04/11/16 Referred to Children and Families
Fiscal implications
New Bill
Local fiscal implications
None
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law.
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