Senate Bill S5627

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enacts the "New York City Training And Comprehension of Trauma in Children (TACTIC) Act"

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Mental Health Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S5627 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6987
Current Committee:
Senate Mental Health
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Add §7.51, Ment Hyg L; add Title 21-A Chap 8-A §21-970, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S5161, A7476

2023-S5627 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "New York City Training And Comprehension of Trauma in Children (TACTIC) Act"; establishes the TACTIC council; provides for a trauma informed care training program to teachers in schools located in the city of New York; creates a department of child trauma informed care to assist with parenting workshops, to assign trauma informed care specialists to schools and to report to the TACTIC council regarding child trauma informed care provided to schools in the city of New York.

2023-S5627 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5627 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5627
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. PARKER, BAILEY, JACKSON, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and
   ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
   Mental Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law and the  administrative  code  of
   the  city  of  New  York,  in  relation to enacting the "New York City
   Training and Comprehension of Trauma in Children (TACTIC) Act"
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "New York City Training and  Comprehension  of  Trauma  in  Children
 (TACTIC) Act".
   § 2. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section 7.51 to
 read as follows:
 § 7.51 NEW  YORK  CITY  TRAINING AND COMPREHENSION OF TRAUMA IN CHILDREN
          (TACTIC) COUNCIL.
   (A) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS  SHALL  HAVE  THE
 FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1. "TRAUMA INFORMED CARE" SHALL MEAN TRAUMA INFORMED CARE AS DESCRIBED
 BY  THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION OF THE
 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, OR ANY  SUCCESSOR
 AGENCY, DEPARTMENT, OR GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.
   2.  "TEACHER"  SHALL MEAN ALL PERSONS ENGAGED IN CLASSROOM TEACHING OF
 STUDENTS, ON A FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME BASIS, INCLUDING BUT  NOT  LIMITED
 TO, INSTRUCTORS, COUNSELORS, ASSISTANTS OR AIDES.
   (B)  (I) THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE OFFICE A NEW YORK CITY
 TRAINING AND COMPREHENSION OF TRAUMA IN CHILDREN (TACTIC) COUNCIL.
   (II) THE TACTIC COUNCIL SHALL CONSIST OF EIGHT MEMBERS, FOUR  OF  WHOM
 SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND FOUR OF WHOM SHALL
 BE  APPOINTED  BY  THE  TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE.   OF THE FOUR
 MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, ONE SHALL BE A  PEDIA-
 TRICIAN,  ONE  SHALL  BE  A  CHILD  PSYCHOLOGIST AND TWO SHALL BE TRAUMA
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07778-01-3
              

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