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Assembly Bill A3213

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires licensed social workers in each elementary, intermediate, middle, junior high and senior high school

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2017-A3213 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2464
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §803-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2491
2011-2012: A937
2013-2014: A3227
2015-2016: A6763, S7101

2017-A3213 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires at least one full-time licensed social worker to be employed in each elementary, intermediate, middle and junior high school and senior high school throughout the state.

2017-A3213 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3213
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. ORTIZ, BARRON, LAVINE, SKOUFIS, CROUCH -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring  a  licensed
   social  worker  in  each elementary, intermediate, middle, junior high
   and senior high school

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 803-b
 to read as follows:
   § 803-B. SOCIAL WORKERS LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED  FIFTY-FOUR
 OF  THIS  CHAPTER  REQUIRED  IN ELEMENTARY, INTERMEDIATE, MIDDLE, JUNIOR
 HIGH AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS.   THE BOARD OF EDUCATION  OR  TRUSTEES  OF
 EVERY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  IN THE STATE SHALL ON AND AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND SEVENTEEN EMPLOY AT LEAST ONE LICENSED SOCIAL WORKER IN EACH OF
 THE SCHOOLS UNDER THEIR JURISDICTION EXCLUSIVE  OF  ANY  SOCIAL  WORKERS
 FUNDED  OR  MANDATED  THROUGH  ANY SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING, AID, REGU-
 LATION OR STATUTE.   SUCH LICENSED  SOCIAL  WORKER  SHALL  PERFORM  SUCH
 DUTIES WITHIN THEIR LAWFUL SCOPE OF PRACTICE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00682-01-7

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