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Assembly Bill A9680A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes summer camps to hire certain licensed professionals to provide services

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2015-A9680 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1603
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1394, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A6360, S4108
2017-2018: A3088, S1858
2019-2020: A1177

2015-A9680 - Summary

Authorizes summer camps to hire licensed social workers, physical therapists, psychologists, athletic trainers and mental health care professionals to provide services.

2015-A9680 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9680

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 29, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Higher Education

AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to the provision of
  certain professional services to children's camps

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

  Section  1. Subdivision 3 of section 1394 of the public health law, as
added by chapter 214 of the laws of 2012,is amended to read as follows:
  3. Any person, firm, corporation, or association that operates a chil-
dren's overnight, summer day, or traveling  summer  day  camp,  and  has
obtained  a  permit pursuant to section thirteen hundred ninety-three of
this article, shall be authorized to employ  or  contract  with:  (A)  a
physician, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, registered nurse, or
licensed  practical  nurse  or  emergency medical technician to act as a
designated camp health director or to provide health services in assist-
ance to the camp health  director  pursuant  to  applicable  regulations
promulgated  by  the commissioner; OR (B) A PHYSICAL THERAPIST, PHYSICAL
THERAPIST ASSISTANT, PSYCHOLOGIST, SOCIAL WORKER, ATHLETIC  TRAINER,  OR
MENTAL  HEALTH  PRACTITIONER TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WITHIN HIS
OR HER LAWFUL SCOPE OF  PRACTICE  TO  CAMPERS  AND  STAFF  DURING  THEIR
ATTENDANCE OR EMPLOYMENT AT THE CAMP, PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE REGULATIONS
PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00114-01-5

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2015-A9680A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1603
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1394, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A6360, S4108
2017-2018: A3088, S1858
2019-2020: A1177

2015-A9680A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes summer camps to hire licensed social workers, physical therapists, psychologists, athletic trainers and mental health care professionals to provide services.

2015-A9680A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 9680--A

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 29, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ABINANTI, SIMANOWITZ, LUPARDO, OTIS, BUCHWALD --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Higher Education -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to the provision of
  certain professional services to children's camps

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

  Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 1394 of the public health law, as
added by chapter 515 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
  1. The public health AND HEALTH PLANNING council shall prescribe stan-
dards and establish regulations for children's overnight, summer day and
traveling summer day camps, as defined in this article, concerning  such
matters  as  may  be  appropriate for the protection and security of the
life, health and safety of the occupants of such camps.
  S 2. Subdivision 3 of section 1394 of the public health law, as  added
by chapter 214 of the laws of 2012,is amended to read as follows:
  3. Any person, firm, corporation, or association that operates a chil-
dren's  overnight,  summer  day,  or  traveling summer day camp, and has
obtained a permit pursuant to section thirteen hundred  ninety-three  of
this  article, shall be authorized to employ or contract with ANY OF THE
FOLLOWING LICENSED PROFESSIONALS, PROVIDED HOWEVER, ALL DECISIONS, IDEN-
TIFICATION OR COORDINATION OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES,  OR  OTHER  PROFES-
SIONAL  INTERACTIONS  WITH  CAMPERS AND STAFF, MUST BE MADE BASED ON THE
PROFESSIONAL JUDGEMENT OF SUCH LICENSEES: (A) a physician, nurse practi-
tioner, physician assistant, registered  nurse,  or  licensed  practical
nurse or emergency medical technician to act as a designated camp health
director  or to provide health services in assistance to the camp health
director pursuant to applicable regulations promulgated by  the  commis-
sioner;  OR (B) A PHYSICAL THERAPIST, PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT UNDER
THE  DIRECTION  AND  CONTROL  OF  A  PHYSICAL  THERAPIST,  PSYCHOLOGIST,
LICENSED BEHAVIORAL ANALYST, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST, OCCUPATIONAL THERA-
PY  ASSISTANT  UNDER  THE  DIRECTION  AND SUPERVISION OF AN OCCUPATIONAL
THERAPIST, LICENSED MASTER SOCIAL WORKER, LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK-

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

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