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Assembly Bill A10804

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Allows a person with a master's of social work degree who meets certain requirements to file to be licensed within one year of the effective date of this act

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2009-A10804 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2545
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง7707, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S1486
2013-2014: S3197
2015-2016: S3982
2017-2018: S3592
2019-2020: S4887
2021-2022: S5213
2023-2024: S6780
2025-2026: S4279

2009-A10804 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows a person with a master's of social work degree who meets certain requirements to file to be licensed within one year of the effective date of this act.

2009-A10804 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A10804 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  10804

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 21, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BARRON, ROBINSON, MILLMAN, CASTRO, REILLY --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of A. DenDEKKER, GIBSON,  MARKEY,  ORTIZ  --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law,  in relation to the practice of
  licensed social workers

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section 7707 of the education law, as
amended by chapter 230 of the laws  of  2004,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  2.  Any  person  who possesses a master's of social work degree on the
effective date of this section, who  has  five  years  of  post-graduate
social work employment and meets the requirements for a license pursuant
to  this article, except for examination, and who files with the depart-
ment within one year [of] AFTER the effective date of [this section] THE
CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND TEN WHICH AMENDED THIS  SUBDIVISION,
shall be licensed as a licensed master social worker.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02506-03-0

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