A11519 • 2025

Requires dementia-specific training for adult protective services workers

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Sponsor: Judy Griffin
Last action: 2026-05-28
Official status: In Assembly Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Requires dementia-specific training for adult protective services workers

Requires dementia-specific training for adult protective services workers Requires dementia-specific training for adult protective services workers, including but not limited to the recognition of symptoms, communication techniques, assessment of capacity, and the identification of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of individuals with cognitive impairment; requires six hours of training upon commencement of employment and three hours of training every two years thereafter.

What This Bill Does

Requires dementia-specific training for adult protective services workers Requires dementia-specific training for adult protective services workers, including but not limited to the recognition of symptoms, communication techniques, assessment of capacity, and the identification of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of individuals with cognitive impairment; requires six hours of training upon commencement of employment and three hours of training every two years thereafter.

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Bill History

2026-05-28 Assembly
REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

Official Summary Text

Requires dementia-specific training for adult protective services workers
Requires dementia-specific training for adult protective services workers, including but not limited to the recognition of symptoms, communication techniques, assessment of capacity, and the identification of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of individuals with cognitive impairment; requires six hours of training upon commencement of employment and three hours of training every two years thereafter.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          11519

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                      May 28, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Griffin) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services

        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring demen-
          tia-specific training for adult protective services workers

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

     1    Section 1. Section 473 of the social services law is amended by adding
     2  a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
     3    9.  (A)  EACH  SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICT  SHALL ENSURE THAT ALL ADULT
     4  PROTECTIVE SERVICES WORKERS RECEIVE TRAINING AND  EDUCATION  APPROPRIATE
     5  TO THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES.
     6    (B) SUCH TRAINING SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, INSTRUCTION ON
     7  ALZHEIMER'S  DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIAS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
     8  THE RECOGNITION OF SYMPTOMS,  COMMUNICATION  TECHNIQUES,  ASSESSMENT  OF
     9  CAPACITY,  AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND EXPLOITATION OF
    10  INDIVIDUALS WITH COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT.
    11    (C) EACH ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES WORKER SHALL COMPLETE:
    12    (I) NOT  LESS  THAN  SIX  HOURS  OF  DEMENTIA-SPECIFIC  TRAINING  UPON
    13  COMMENCEMENT OF EMPLOYMENT OR WITHIN SIX MONTHS THEREAFTER; AND
    14    (II)  NOT  LESS  THAN  THREE  HOURS OF ONGOING TRAINING THEREAFTER, AS
    15  PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER, PROVIDED THAT SUCH TRAINING IS COMPLETED
    16  AT LEAST ONCE EVERY TWO YEARS.
    17    (D) THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSIST-
    18  ANCE, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE OFFICE FOR THE AGING, SHALL:
    19    (I) DEVELOP OR APPROVE TRAINING CURRICULA AND STANDARDS;
    20    (II) ESTABLISH GUIDELINES FOR THE FREQUENCY AND CONTENT OF  CONTINUING
    21  EDUCATION; AND
    22    (III)  PROVIDE  TECHNICAL  ASSISTANCE  TO SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICTS TO
    23  ENSURE COMPLIANCE.
    24    (E) EACH SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL:
    25    (I) ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS OF THIS  SUBDIVI-
    26  SION;
    27    (II)  MAINTAIN RECORDS OF COMPLETION FOR ALL ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES
    28  WORKERS; AND

         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15972-01-6
        A. 11519                            2

     1    (III) CERTIFY, IN A MANNER PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER,  THAT  SUCH
     2  REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN SATISFIED.
     3    § 2. The commissioner of the office of children and family services is
     4  authorized  to  promulgate any rules and regulations necessary to imple-
     5  ment the provisions of this act.
     6    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     7  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
     8  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
     9  tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
    10  completed on or before such effective date.