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Jan 15, 2014 |
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Senate Bill S6343
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Children And Families Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 46th Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
2013-S6343 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-S6343 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6343 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the social services law, in relation to staff qualifications for non-supervisory and supervisory child protective services workers PURPOSE: To require that child protective services workers and their supervisors are formally trained in the fields of social work, psychology and/or counseling in order to better prepare them to handle cases involving significant and severe mental health, substance abuse and criminal issues. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: amends paragraphs (a) of subdivision 4 of section 421 of the social services law to require that child protective services caseworkers have at least a baccalaureate degree in social work, Psychology, counseling and/or experience in law enforcement, counseling or work with mental health or cognitively impaired persons and children. Requirements would not apply to individuals hired before the enactment of this act. Section 1: also amends paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 421 of the social services law to require that child protective services
2013-S6343 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ S. 6343 A. 8429 S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y January 15, 2014 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to staff qualifica- tions for non-supervisory and supervisory child protective services workers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 4 of section 421 of the social services law, paragraph (a) as amended and paragraph (b) as added by chapter 525 of the laws of 2006, are amended to read as follows: (a) after consultation with the local child protective services, promulgate regulations relating to staff qualifications for non-supervi- sory child protective services workers, prescribing [any] AT LEAST A baccalaureate or equivalent college degree IN SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY, COUNSELING and/or relevant [human service] experience IN LAW ENFORCE- MENT, COUNSELING OR WORK WITH MENTAL HEALTH OR COGNITIVELY IMPAIRED PERSONS AND CHILDREN as requirements. Such requirements shall not apply to persons currently employed by such child protective services who were hired before [January first, nineteen hundred eighty-six] THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN THAT AMENDED THIS PARAGRAPH. (b) after consultation with the local child protective services, promulgate regulations relating to staff qualifications for those assigned to be supervisors of child protective services[, prescribing any baccalaureate or equivalent college degree and/or relevant human services experience as requirements]. Provided, however, that such regu- lations shall at a minimum provide that those assigned to be supervisors of child protective services have [either a baccalaureate] AT LEAST A MASTER'S degree [or three] IN SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY, COUNSELING AND/OR EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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