S3347-2013 Actions

• Feb 1, 2013: REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

S3347-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S3347

TITLE  OF  BILL:    An  act to amend the education law, in relation to
training regarding domestic violence

PURPOSE OF BILL:   The purpose of this  bill  is  to  expand  existing
educational  mediums  to  include training of medical professionals in
the recognition of the physical and behavioral indicators of  domestic
violence and elder abuse.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section  1 of the bill would amend paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of
6507 of the Education Law, as amended by Chapter 356 of  the  laws  of
2006 to include additional requirements to the ones set forth in (a).

�  6507(3)  (a) as amended in 1989 mandates that medical professionals
who are covered under the mandatory child abuse reporting law  receive
two  (2)  hours of coursework or training regarding the identification
and reporting of child abuse and maltreatment. This bill would  add  a
third  hour  to  that  two hour course, and mandate that third hour be
spent discussing  the  identification  of  the  symptoms  of  domestic
violence and elder abuse.

JUSTIFICATION:    Child  abuse  does not generally occur in isolation.
Rather, it often occurs as part of a larger cycle of domestic violence
that includes adults, including spouses,  parents,  and  grandparents.
Medical  professionals  are  presently  required to undergo a two hour
training course for the identification of the physical and  behavioral
indicators  of child abuse. It is most appropriate that this course be
the forum for a summary treatment of the  identification  of  domestic
violence and elder abuse.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:  1994 - Passed Assembly 1995 - Referred to Higher
Education  1996  -  Referred  to  Higher  Education 1997 - Referred to
Higher Education 1998 - Amend and Recommit to Higher Education 2000-01
- A.2070 Referred to Higher Education 2003-04 - A.1049/S.3659 Referred
to Higher Education 2005-06 - A.4287  Referred  to  Higher  Education;
S.3783 Referred to
          Higher  Education  2007-08  -  S.8764  -  Referred  to Rules
2009-10 - S.5258A/A.8675 (Jaffee) - Referred to Higher Education

FISCAL IMPACT: None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  This act shall take effect immediately.

S3347-2013 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         3347
 2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 February 1, 2013
 
 Introduced by Sens. HASSELL-THOMPSON, DIAZ, KRUEGER, MONTGOMERY, PARKER,
 PERKINS,  SAMPSON,  SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 

AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  training  regarding
 domestic violence
 

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

 

Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 6507 of the  educa
 tion  law,  as amended by chapter 356 of the laws of 2006, is amended to
 read as follows:

 a. Establish standards for preprofessional and professional education,
 experience and licensing examinations as required to implement the arti
 cle for each profession. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
 commissioner shall establish standards requiring that all persons apply
 ing, on or after January first, nineteen hundred ninety-one,  initially,
 or for the renewal of, a license, registration or limited permit to be a
 physician,  chiropractor, dentist, registered nurse, podiatrist, optome
 trist,  psychiatrist,  psychologist,  licensed  master  social   worker,
 licensed  clinical  social  worker,  licensed  creative  arts therapist,
 licensed marriage and family therapist, licensed mental  health  counse
 lor,  licensed  psychoanalyst, or dental hygienist shall, in addition to
 all the other licensure,  certification  or  permit  requirements,  have
 completed  [two]  THREE  hours  of  coursework or training regarding the
 identification and reporting of child  abuse  [and],  maltreatment,  AND
 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.  The coursework or training shall be obtained from an
 institution  or  provider  which  has been approved by the department to
 provide such coursework or training. The coursework  or  training  shall
 include  information regarding the physical and behavioral indicators of
 child abuse [and], maltreatment, AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE and the statutory
 reporting requirements set out in sections four hundred thirteen through
 four hundred twenty of the social services law, including but not limit
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02601-01-3
 
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 ed to, when and how a report must be made, what other actions the repor
 ter is mandated or authorized to take, the  legal  protections  afforded
 reporters, and the consequences for failing to report.  THE COMMISSIONER
 SHALL  ESTABLISH  STANDARDS  REQUIRING THAT BEGINNING JANUARY FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND FOURTEEN, ONE HOUR OF THE THREE COURSEWORK  OR  TRAINING  HOURS
 SHALL  INCLUDE  INFORMATION  REGARDING  THE  RELATIONSHIP  BETWEEN CHILD
 ABUSE, MALTREATMENT, AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE  AND  THE  IDENTIFICATION  OF
 BEHAVIORAL  AND  PHYSICAL  INDICATORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS DEFINED IN
 SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE-A  OF  THE  SOCIAL  SERVICES  LAW.  Such
 coursework  or training may also include information regarding the phys
 ical and behavioral indicators of the abuse of individuals  with  mental
 retardation and other developmental disabilities and voluntary reporting
 of  abused  or  neglected adults to the office of mental retardation and
 developmental disabilities or the local adult protective services  unit.
 Each  applicant  shall provide the department with documentation showing
 that he or she has completed the required training. The department shall
 provide an exemption from  the  child  abuse  [and],  maltreatment,  AND
 DOMESTIC  VIOLENCE  training  requirements to any applicant who requests
 such an exemption and who shows, to the department's satisfaction,  that
 there  would be no need because of the nature of his or her practice for
 him or her to complete such training;
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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