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Assembly Bill A9568

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to approved courses of study or equivalent on-the-job experience for counselors

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2019-A9568 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1063
Current Committee:
Assembly Alcoholism And Drug Abuse
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §19.07, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S5824
2021-2022: A5527, S361

2019-A9568 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring counselors to have certain courses of study or equivalent on-the-job experience including on providing trauma-informed, patient-centered care, treating co-occurring disorders and sensitivity training.

2019-A9568 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9568
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 24, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WILLIAMS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
 
 AN  ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to approved courses
   of study or equivalent on-the-job experience for counselors
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Paragraph  1  of  subdivision (d) of section 19.07 of the
 mental hygiene law, as amended by section 5 of part I of chapter  58  of
 the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  The  office shall establish minimum qualifications for counselors
 in all phases of delivery of services to persons and their families  who
 are  suffering  from  alcohol  and/or  substance  abuse  and/or chemical
 dependence and/or compulsive gambling that shall  include,  but  not  be
 limited  to,  completion  of  approved  courses  of  study or equivalent
 on-the-job experience  in  alcoholism  and  substance  abuse  counseling
 and/or counseling of compulsive gambling. SUCH APPROVED COURSES OF STUDY
 OR  EQUIVALENT ON-THE-JOB EXPERIENCE SHALL INCLUDE: PROVIDING TRAUMA-IN-
 FORMED, PATIENT-CENTERED  CARE;  TREATING  CO-OCCURRING  DISORDERS;  AND
 SENSITIVITY TRAINING. SUCH COURSES SHALL BE UPDATED AS NEEDED TO REFLECT
 EVOLVING  BEST  PRACTICES  IN  HARM  REDUCTION,  TREATMENT AND LONG-TERM
 RECOVERY. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, SENSITIVITY TRAINING SHALL
 MEAN A FORM OF TRAINING WITH THE GOAL OF MAKING  PEOPLE  MORE  AWARE  OF
 THEIR OWN PREJUDICES AND MORE SENSITIVE TO OTHERS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00847-03-0

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