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                                 1276--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. JAFFEE, COLTON, MILLER, MILLMAN, ENGLEBRIGHT,
  PAULIN, COOK, ROBERTS, ROBINSON, AUBRY, MOYA, GRAF --  Multi-Sponsored
  by  -- M. of A.  ABBATE, BRENNAN, BROOK-KRASNY, CLARK, CROUCH, KEARNS,
  PERRY, SALADINO, SCARBOROUGH, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred  to
  the  Committee  on Higher Education -- recommitted to the Committee on
  Higher Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- commit-
  tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and  recom-
  mitted to said committee

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 554 of the laws of 2013, 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,  dental  hygienist,   licensed   behavior
analyst,  or  certified behavior analyst assistant 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

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

                                                           LBD02601-04-4

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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-
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 FIFTEEN, 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 on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
manner as chapter 554 of the laws of 2013, takes effect.