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Assembly Bill A9924

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring the department of education to study and report on the self-identified ethnicity and multilingual status of all licensed social workers

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2015-A9924 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A4102
2019-2020: A10925
2021-2022: A2224

2015-A9924 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of education to study and report on the self-identified ethnicity and multilingual status of all licensed social workers and provide such report to the governor and legislature no later than one year after the effective date of this act.

2015-A9924 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9924

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 27, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEPULVEDA  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT requiring the department of education to study and report on  the
  self-identified  ethnicity  and  multilingual  status  of all licensed
  social workers

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

  Section  1.  The department of education shall prepare a comprehensive
study and report  on  the  self-identified  ethnicity  and  multilingual
status  of  all  licensed  social  workers. Such data shall be collected
during the licensure and re-registration process of such individuals and
then compiled in an easily readable format.
  S 2. The commissioner of education shall provide such  report  to  the
governor,  temporary president of the senate and speaker of the assembly
no later than one year after the effective  date  of  this  act.    Such
report  shall  be  updated  and  delivered  annually for a total of five
years.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14038-02-6

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