Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Aug 01, 2012 |
signed chap.358 |
Jul 20, 2012 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 18, 2012 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.335 substituted for a10553a referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1290 committee discharged and committed to rules |
May 31, 2012 |
referred to local government |
Senate Bill S7538
Signed By Governor2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- 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
Votes
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2011-S7538 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A10553
- Law Section:
- County Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง700, County L
2011-S7538 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7538 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the county law, in relation to the authority of district attorneys to hire and retain licensed professionals SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 adds a new subdivision 13 to section 700 of the County Law which codifies the authority of District Attorneys to employ or contract with licensed professionals in order to serve the mental health needs of crime victims, witnesses, and others impacted by the criminal justice system. Section 2 makes the act effective immediately provided that, for purposes of satisfying the experience requirements for licensure set forth in Article 153, 154, or 163 of the Education Law, satisfactory experience obtained in the office of a district attorney providing services authorized in section 700 of the County Law may be accepted by the Department of Education, notwithstanding that such experience may have been obtained prior to the effective date of such section 700(13). PURPOSE AND JUSTIFICATION: New York State law was amended in 2002 by Chapter 420 to establish restricted scopes of practice for social workers and Chapter 676 to do the same for psychologists and mental health practitioners. As a result
2011-S7538 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7538 I N S E N A T E May 31, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SALAND, GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend the county law, in relation to the authority of district attorneys to hire and retain licensed professionals THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 700 of the county law is amended by adding a new subdivision 13 to read as follows: 13. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CRIME VICTIMS, WITNESSES, AND OTHER PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND TO SUPPORT CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY MAY EMPLOY OR CONTRACT WITH PERSONS LICENSED AND REGISTERED TO PRACTICE OR OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED UNDER ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR, OR ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THE EDUCATION LAW, OR CONTRACT WITH ENTITIES AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES SPECIFIED IN SUCH ARTICLES, IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROVISION OF ANY SERVICES THAT SUCH PERSONS OR ENTI- TIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE AND THAT ARE AUTHORIZED BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that, for purposes of satisfying the experience requirements for licensure set forth in article 153, 154, or 163 of the education law, satisfactory experience obtained in the office of a district attorney providing services authorized in section 700 of the county law may be accepted by the education department, notwithstanding that such experience may have been obtained prior to the effective date of this act. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD16103-01-2
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