S 6153 NY
Establishes certification and attestation for care managers employed by care coordination organizations
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Summary
This act, known as Ella's Law, requires care managers employed by or under contract with care coordination organizations to complete all required training before providing care management services to individuals. Care coordination organizations must certify that each care manager has completed all required training prior to assigning them to serve individuals. Organizations must maintain and keep available documentation of training completion for each care manager. The office, in consultation with the department of health, may establish rules and regulations for certification, documentation, and compliance standards. The act takes effect 180 days after becoming law.
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Official abstract
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.
Sponsor (1)
- James Skoufis Democratic · primary
Action history (4)
- Mar 5, 2025 REFERRED TO DISABILITIES · upper
- Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO DISABILITIES · upper
- May 15, 2026 AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO DISABILITIES · upper
- May 15, 2026 PRINT NUMBER 6153A · upper
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S06153 Summary: BILL NO S06153A   SAME AS SAME AS A08288-A
  SPONSOR SKOUFIS   COSPNSR   MLTSPNSR   Amd §13.23, Ment Hyg L   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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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
6153--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 5, 2025 ___________
Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Disabilities -- recommit- ted to the Committee on Disabilities in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to establishing certification and attestation for care managers employed by care coor- dination 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) 1. No care manager employed by or under contract with a care coor- 6 dination organization shall provide care management services to an indi- 7 vidual unless such care manager has completed all training requirements 8 applicable to their position, consistent with standards established by 9 the office and the department of health. 10 2. Each care coordination organization shall certify, in a form and 11 manner prescribed by the office, that each care manager has completed 12 all required training prior to assignment to any individual. 13 3. Each care coordination organization shall maintain documentation 14 sufficient to demonstrate compliance with this subdivision, including 15 but not limited to records of training completion for each care manager, 16 and shall make such documentation available to the office upon request. 17 4. The office, in consultation with the department of health, may 18 promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions 19 of this subdivision, including but not limited to standards for certif- 20 ication, documentation, and compliance.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02939-03-6
S. 6153--A 2
1 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 2 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 3 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 4 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 5 completed on or before such effective date.
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