New York S 4907: Requires the office for people with developmental disabilities to create a staffing plan for workforce emergencies when experiencing staffing shortages

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S04907 Summary:

BILL NOS04907 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00226

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SPONSORFAHY

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COSPNSRHELMING, ROLISON, WEBB, WEBER

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §13.17, Ment Hyg L

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Requires the office for people with developmental disabilities to create a staffing plan for workforce emergencies when experiencing staffing shortages.

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BILL NOS04907 

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02/14/2025REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

03/04/20251ST REPORT CAL.463

03/05/20252ND REPORT CAL.

03/10/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/12/2025PASSED SENATE

03/12/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/12/2025referred to people with disabilities

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4907

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 14, 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 requiring the
 office for people with developmental disabilities to create a staffing
 plan for workforce emergencies when experiencing staffing shortages

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 13.17 of the mental hygiene law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision (e) to read as follows:
 3 (e) The commissioner shall establish an emergency staffing plan for
 4 state operated facilities in each region. Such emergency staffing plan
 5 shall include incentivizing the current workforce through enhanced over-
 6 time pay, actions to improve staffing that minimize the transfer of
 7 individuals from their residences and movement of staff between resi-
 8 dences, and enhanced recruitment initiatives. The emergency staffing
 9 plan shall be in effect when any region's fill level is less than ninety
 10 percent. The emergency staffing plan shall be made publicly available
 11 and shall be published on the office's website.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 13 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00151-01-5

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