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Assembly Bill A5135

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to mental health services and resources for child protective services employees

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2025-A5135 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S253
Current Committee:
Assembly Children And Families
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §421, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10008, S6459

2025-A5135 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides all child protective service employees with supportive mental health services and resources.

2025-A5135 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5135
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 12, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Children and Families
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation  to  providing  all
   child  protective  services  employees  with  supportive mental health
   services and resources

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 421 of the social services law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9.  PROVIDE  ALL  CHILD  PROTECTIVE SERVICES EMPLOYEES WITH SUPPORTIVE
 MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND RESOURCES INCLUDING BUT NOT  LIMITED  TO  EYE
 MOVEMENT  DESENSITIZATION AND REPROCESSING (EMDR), VICARIOUS AND SECOND-
 ARY TRAUMA TREATMENT AND OTHER FORMS OF THERAPY, COUNSELING, AND  INFOR-
 MATION AS NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF SUCH EMPLOYEES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01095-01-5

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