Assembly Bill A981

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires the commissioner of education to promulgate regulations to include school mental health practitioners in a certificate valid for pupil personnel services

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A981 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6002
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §305, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A9938, S7611

2017-A981 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of education to promulgate regulations to include school mental health practitioners in a certificate valid for pupil personnel services.

2017-A981 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    981
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. NOLAN, SEPULVEDA -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the commis-
   sioner to issue regulations to include school  mental  health  practi-
   tioners in a certificate valid for pupil personnel services

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 56 to read as follows:
   56. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  ISSUE  REGULATIONS  TO  INCLUDE  A  SCHOOL
 MENTAL  HEALTH  COUNSELOR,  SCHOOL MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST, SCHOOL
 PSYCHOANALYST AND A SCHOOL CREATIVE  ARTS  THERAPIST  IN  A  CERTIFICATE
 VALID FOR PUPIL PERSONNEL SERVICES.
   IN  ADDITION  TO  ANY OTHER REQUIREMENT FOR CERTIFICATE ESTABLISHED IN
 REGULATIONS, A CANDIDATE FOR A CERTIFICATE ESTABLISHED BY THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION  SHALL  BE  REGISTERED AND HOLD A VALID LICENSE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
 ly the department of education is authorized to promulgate any  and  all
 rules and regulations and to take any other measures necessary to imple-
 ment this act on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01263-01-7

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