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S6153 • 2025

Establishes certification and attestation for care managers employed by care coordination organizations

Establishes certification and attestation for care managers employed by care coordination organizations

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
James Skoufis
Last action
2026-05-15
Official status
In Senate Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Establishes certification and attestation for care managers employed by care coordination organizations

Establishes certification and attestation for care managers employed by care coordination organizations Enacts "Ella's law"; requires care managers employed by or under contract with a care coordination organization to provide care management services to an individual unless such care manager has completed all training requirements.

What This Bill Does

  • Establishes certification and attestation for care managers employed by care coordination organizations Enacts "Ella's law"; requires care managers employed by or under contract with a care coordination organization to provide care management services to an individual unless such care manager has completed all training requirements.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-15 Senate

    AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO DISABILITIES

  2. 2026-05-15 Senate

    PRINT NUMBER 6153A

  3. 2026-01-07 Senate

    REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

  4. 2025-03-05 Senate

    REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

Official Summary Text

Establishes certification and attestation for care managers employed by care coordination organizations
Enacts "Ella's law"; requires care managers employed by or under contract with a care coordination organization to provide care management services to an individual unless such care manager has completed all training requirements.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          6153

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      March 5, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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  establishing  a
          comprehensive  training  program  for  care  managers employed by care
          coordination organizations

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

     1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
     2  "Ella's law".
     3    § 2. Section 13.23 of the mental hygiene law is amended  by  adding  a
     4  new subdivision (d) to read as follows:
     5    (D)  THE  OFFICE  SHALL ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAM, IN
     6  CONJUNCTION WITH CARE COORDINATION ORGANIZATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS  THAT
     7  ADVOCATE  ON  BEHALF OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, FOR
     8  CARE MANAGERS EMPLOYED BY CARE  COORDINATION  ORGANIZATIONS  WHICH  SUCH
     9  CARE  MANAGERS SHALL COMPLETE BEFORE WORKING WITH CLIENTS. SUCH TRAINING
    10  PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
    11    1. PERSON-CENTERED PLANNING PRINCIPLES.
    12    2. EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES FOR  INDIVIDUALS  WITH  DEVELOP-
    13  MENTAL  DISABILITIES,  INCLUDING  BUT NOT LIMITED TO HOW TO BEST INCLUDE
    14  AND COLLABORATE WITH PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, THEIR FAMI-
    15  LIES, AND SUPPORT NETWORKS IN ALL COMMUNICATIONS,  MEETINGS,  AND  DECI-
    16  SION-MAKING  TO  DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT PLANS THAT ENHANCE QUALITY OF LIFE
    17  AND PROMOTE INDEPENDENCE.
    18    3. UNDERSTANDING, RESPECTING, AND SUPPORTING THE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS
    19  WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO  VOTING
    20  RIGHTS.
    21    4. CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND SENSITIVITY.
    22    5. ADVOCACY SKILLS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
    23    6.  COMPLIANCE  WITH  RELEVANT  LAWS AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THE
    24  CARE OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02939-01-5
        S. 6153                             2

     1    7. KNOWLEDGE OF  THE  HEALTH  CARE  SYSTEM,  AVAILABLE  SERVICES,  AND
     2  RESOURCES,  AS WELL AS AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO NAVIGATE THE SYSTEM ON
     3  BEHALF OF THE INDIVIDUALS THEY SERVE.   THIS SHALL INCLUDE  BUT  NOT  BE
     4  LIMITED  TO  KNOWLEDGE OF SELF-DIRECTION SYSTEMS, CROSS-SYSTEM SERVICES,
     5  BLENDED SERVICES, AND THE PRACTICES, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES AVAILABLE TO
     6  INDIVIDUALS  WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES THROUGH THE OFFICE, DEPART-
     7  MENT OF HEALTH, AND OTHER NEW YORK  STATE  AND  FEDERAL  AGENCIES.  THIS
     8  SHALL  ALSO  INCLUDE  KNOWLEDGE OF MEDICAID BENEFITS OFFERED THROUGH THE
     9  OFFICE'S WAIVER PROGRAMS AND THEIR INTERACTION WITH OTHER MEDICAID BENE-
    10  FITS.
    11    8. IDENTIFYING AND CONNECTING INDIVIDUALS WITH  APPROPRIATE  COMMUNITY
    12  RESOURCES, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
    13    9.  SKILLS  IN FOSTERING COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION AMONG MEMBERS
    14  OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S CARE TEAM, INCLUDING HEALTH  CARE  PROVIDERS,  SOCIAL
    15  SERVICES, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS.
    16    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    17  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
    18  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    19  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
    20  completed on or before such effective date.