Assembly Bill A4444

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Grants mental health practitioners the authority to diagnose in certain United States veterans administration facilities

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2019-A4444 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8411, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10284
2017-2018: A6444

2019-A4444 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a pilot program which grants mental health practitioners the authority to diagnose mental, emotional, behavioral, addictive and developmental disorders and disabilities when working in programs operated by the United States veterans administration.

2019-A4444 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4444
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DenDEKKER  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to granting mental health
   practitioners the authority  to  diagnose  in  certain  United  States
   veterans  administration  facilities;  and providing for the repeal of
   such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  8411 of the education law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. A PROGRAM OR FACILITY OPERATED,  FUNDED,  OR  ADMINISTERED  BY  THE
 UNITED  STATES  VETERANS  ADMINISTRATION  IN  THE  STATE OF NEW YORK MAY
 PARTICIPATE IN A PILOT PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS EMPLOYEES  LICENSED  PURSUANT
 TO THIS ARTICLE TO DIAGNOSE MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, BEHAVIORAL, ADDICTIVE AND
 DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS AND DISABILITIES AS WELL AS DIAGNOSE THE PSYCHO-
 SOCIAL  ASPECTS  OF  ILLNESS,  INJURY,  DISABILITY  AND IMPAIRMENT WHILE
 ENGAGED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS OR HER DUTIES.
   (A) TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PILOT PROGRAM, THE PROGRAM OR FACILITY OPER-
 ATED, FUNDED, OR ADMINISTERED BY THE  UNITED  STATES  VETERANS  ADMINIS-
 TRATION  MUST  NOTIFY  THE  DEPARTMENT  ON  A  FORM TO BE CREATED BY THE
 DEPARTMENT.
   (B) FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS  ARTICLE,  DIAGNOSIS  IS  THE  PROCESS  OF
 DISTINGUISHING,  BEYOND  A  GENERAL  ASSESSMENT, BETWEEN SIMILAR MENTAL,
 EMOTIONAL, BEHAVIORAL, DEVELOPMENTAL AND  ADDICTIVE  DISORDERS,  IMPAIR-
 MENTS  AND  DISABILITIES WITHIN A PSYCHOSOCIAL FRAMEWORK ON THE BASIS OF
 SIMILAR AND UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS CONSISTENT WITH ACCEPTED  CLASSIFICA-
 TION SYSTEMS.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law and shall remain in full force and effect  until  July
 1,  2021,  when  upon  such  date  this  act  shall expire and be deemed
 repealed; provided however, that effective immediately the  commissioner
 of  education  is  authorized to take any actions necessary to implement
 this act on or before its effective date.

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