Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 15, 2014 |
referred to children and families |
Assembly Bill A8429
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
PEOPLES-STOKES
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
2013-A8429 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A8429 (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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