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A04838 Summary:

BILL NOA04838 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSantabarbara

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COSPNSRShimsky, Buttenschon, Manktelow, DeStefano

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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 of mental health.

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BILL NOA04838 

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02/06/2025referred to people with disabilities

01/07/2026referred to people with disabilities

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4838

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 6, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on People with 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. Information in the registry shall be
 24 accessible on the office's website by the public, direct support profes-
 25 sional workers, persons enrolled in the self-direction program and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01013-01-5

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 1 providers licensed, funded, approved and/or certified by the office,
 2 subject to subdivision (i) of this section.
 3 (c) The registry shall include, but not be limited to, the following
 4 information concerning each person who has successfully completed a
 5 direct support professional worker training program that is listed in
 6 the registry:
 7 (1) full name, including pre-marital name and any other names current-
 8 ly used or previously used;
 9 (2) current home address;
 10 (3) gender;
 11 (4) date of birth;
 12 (5) contact information;
 13 (6) the name of each state-approved education or training program
 14 successfully completed, the name of the entity providing the program,
 15 and the date on which such program was completed;
 16 (7) history of work in direct support professional services through
 17 any provider entity, including dates of employment and name of such
 18 entity providing the employment;
 19 (8) final findings made in accordance with the provisions of statuto-
 20 rily established proceedings subject to the state administrative proce-
 21 dure act or other similar law, that the person engaged in physical
 22 abuse, mistreatment, neglect while serving the patient as a direct
 23 support professional or in another capacity, the name of the govern-