Senate Bill S2413

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires every firefighter, police officer, emergency medical technician and certified first responder to complete training on developmental disabilities

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S2413 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §13.09, Ment Hyg L; amd §§156 & 837-a, Exec L; amd §3011, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S5528
2011-2012: S3627
2015-2016: S5665

2013-S2413 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires every firefighter, police officer, emergency medical technician and certified first responder to complete training on intellectual and developmental disabilities.

2013-S2413 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S2413 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2413

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 17, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ADAMS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
  mental Disabilities

AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, the executive law and the public
  health law, in relation to requiring  police  officers,  firefighters,
  emergency  medical  technicians  and  certified  first  responders  to
  complete training in the appropriate recognition and response  methods
  to persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.  Section 13.09 of the mental  hygiene  law  is  amended  by
adding a new subdivision (h) to read as follows:
  (H)  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  DEVELOP  AND IMPLEMENT A CURRICULUM AND
COURSE OF STUDY TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTION AND INFORMATION TO  FIREFIGHTERS,
POLICE  OFFICERS,  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  TECHNICIANS  AND  CERTIFIED FIRST
RESPONDERS ON THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH INTELLECTUAL  AND  DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES,  AND  THE  APPROPRIATE  RECOGNITION  AND  RESPONSE METHODS
RELATING TO INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
  S 2. Subdivision 6 of section 156 of the executive law, as amended  by
chapter 580 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  6.  Plan,  coordinate and provide training for firefighters, both paid
and volunteer, and related governmental officers and employees, relating
to fire and arson prevention and control, and  encourage  expansion  and
improvement of local training facilities in cooperation with fire compa-
nies,  municipal corporations and districts. Such training shall be made
available by video or computer  to  the  maximum  extent  possible.  The
office  shall  adopt  rules  and  regulations relating to such training,
including but not limited to training standards used and the process  by
which  training  hours  are  allocated  to counties as well as a uniform
procedure for requesting and providing additional training hours.   SUCH
TRAINING  SHALL  REQUIRE EVERY FIREFIGHTER, ONCE EVERY THIRTY MONTHS, TO

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05576-01-3
              

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