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S04834 Summary:

BILL NOS04834 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORFAHY

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MLTSPNSR

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Ren §13.43 to be §13.44, add §13.45, Ment Hyg L

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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.

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02/13/2025REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4834

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- 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:

 1 Section 1. Section 13.43 of the mental hygiene law, as added by chap-
 2 ter 209 of the laws of 2018, is renumbered section 13.44 and a new
 3 section 13.45 is added to read as follows:
 4 § 13.45 Direct support professional worker registry.
 5 (a) As used in this section, the following terms shall have the
 6 following meanings:
 7 (1) "Provider" means an entity operating with a certificate issued by
 8 the commissioner pursuant to section 16.03 of this title.
 9 (2) "Direct support professional worker" or "worker" means any person
 10 engaged in or applying to become engaged in providing direct support
 11 professional services, as defined by the office in regulation.
 12 (3) "Registry" means the direct support professional worker registry.
 13 (4) "Direct support professional worker education or training program"
 14 or "program" means a program that provides education or training for
 15 persons to meet any requirement established by the office for direct
 16 support professional worker services, which is approved by the office.
 17 (5) "Self-direction program" means the self-direction program imple-
 18 mented by the office pursuant to 42 CFR 441 Subpart M or any successor
 19 regulation.
 20 (b) The office shall develop and maintain a direct support profes-
 21 sional worker registry of persons who have successfully completed a
 22 direct support professional worker education or training program
 23 approved by the commissioner or the accrediting body of other states or
 24 federal authorities, including the military. Information in the registry
 25 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.
 LBD01013-02-5

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 1 sional workers, persons enrolled in the self-direction program and
 2 providers licensed, funded, approved and/or certified by the office,
 3 subject to subdivision (h) of this section.
 4 (c) Upon successful completion of a direct support professional worker
 5 education or training program approved by the commissioner, such worker
 6 shall be automatically enrolled in the registry; provided, however, that
 7 every worker shall have the option to opt-out of enrollment in the
 8 registry in a manner prescribed by the office. Provided, further, that
 9 the office, in consultation with the justice center for the protection
 10 of people with special needs, shall deny enrollment of any worker who
 11 engaged in behavior that constituted abuse or serious neglect, as those
 12 terms are defined in section 16.34 of this title, of a patient or
 13 consumer in a program licensed, operated, or certified by the office. A
 14 worker who is enrolled in the registry shall be notified of such enroll-
 15 ment by registered or certified mail within thirty days; provided,
 16 however, that the office may offer a paperless electronic notification
 17 option to a worker who successfully completes an approved direct support
 18 professional worker education or training prog