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Assembly Bill A9039A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes a social worker pilot program

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2023-A9039 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8597
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Add §7.49, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A5570, S1727

2023-A9039 - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of mental health to establish up to three, three-year pilot programs in community behavioral health organizations for the purposes of creating social worker pilot programs to support the ongoing retention and recruitment of licensed clinical social workers.

2023-A9039 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9039
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 5, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Mental Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation  to  establishing  a
   social worker residency pilot program; 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. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a  new  section
 7.49 to read as follows:
 § 7.49 SOCIAL WORKER RESIDENCY PILOT PROGRAM.
   (A)  SUBJECT  TO APPROPRIATION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH UP TO
 THREE, THREE-YEAR PILOT PROGRAMS IN COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL  HEALTH  ORGAN-
 IZATIONS,  AS  DEFINED  IN  ARTICLE  THIRTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER, FOR THE
 PURPOSES OF CREATING SOCIAL WORKER RESIDENCY PILOT PROGRAMS  TO  SUPPORT
 THE  ONGOING RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT OF LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK-
 ERS LICENSED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
   (B) SUCH PILOT PROGRAMS SHALL PROVIDE SUPERVISED  POST-GRADUATE  CLIN-
 ICAL  SOCIAL  WORK EXPERIENCE AS REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 PURSUANT TO SECTION SEVEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FOUR OF  THE  EDUCATION
 LAW AT NO COST TO THE RESIDENT.
   (C)  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH AND DEVELOP ALL OTHER STANDARDS
 APPLICABLE TO THE PROGRAM.
   (D) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR  THE  PILOT
 PROGRAMS, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (1) ANY IMPROVED ABILITY FOR COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS
 TO  RECRUIT  NEWLY LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKERS AS PART OF THE PILOT
 PROGRAM;
   (2) SUBSTANTIVE FOCUS OF THE PILOT PROGRAM TRAINING ON EVIDENCE  BASED
 MODELS WITH TRACK RECORDS OF CLINICAL SUCCESS;
   (3) THE PILOT PROGRAM PROVIDING CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR PARTICIPATING
 SOCIAL  WORKERS SHALL PROVIDE SUCH CONTINUING EDUCATION AT LEAST ONE DAY
 PER WEEK;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14237-01-4
 A. 9039                             2

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2023-A9039A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8597
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Add §7.49, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A5570, S1727

2023-A9039A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of mental health to establish up to three, three-year pilot programs in community behavioral health organizations for the purposes of creating social worker pilot programs to support the ongoing retention and recruitment of licensed clinical social workers.

2023-A9039A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9039--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 5, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, SHIMSKY -- read once and referred to the
   Committee  on  Mental  Health  --  committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation  to  establishing  a
   social  worker  pilot  program;  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.  The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section
 7.49 to read as follows:
 § 7.49 SOCIAL WORKER PILOT PROGRAM.
   (A) SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH  UP  TO
 THREE,  THREE-YEAR  PILOT PROGRAMS IN COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ORGAN-
 IZATIONS, AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE THIRTY-ONE  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  FOR  THE
 PURPOSES  OF  PROVIDING  SUPERVISED  POST-GRADUATE  CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK
 EXPERIENCE AS REQUIRED FOR LICENSURE AS A LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK-
 ER UNDER SECTION SEVENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED FOUR OF THE EDUCATION LAW  AT  NO
 COST TO PARTICIPANTS.
   (B)  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH AND DEVELOP STANDARDS APPLICABLE
 TO THE PROGRAM.
   (C) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR  THE  PILOT
 PROGRAMS, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (1) ANY IMPROVED ABILITY FOR THE COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ORGANIZA-
 TION  TO  RECRUIT  NEWLY LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKERS AS PART OF THE
 PILOT PROGRAM;
   (2) THE UTILIZATION OF EVIDENCE BASED MODELS  WITH  TRACK  RECORDS  OF
 CLINICAL SUCCESS;
   (3)  THE PROVISION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES, AT LEAST ONE
 DAY PER WEEK, FOR  PARTICIPATING  LICENSED  MASTER  SOCIAL  WORKERS  AND
 LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKERS;
   (4)  THE  PERCENTAGE  OF  THE  PILOT  PROGRAM  PARTICIPANTS WHO BECOME
 LICENSED AS A LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER; AND
   (5) THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF  EMPLOYMENT  FOR  LICENSED  CLINICAL  SOCIAL
 WORKERS EMPLOYED WITH THE COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed six years after such date.

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