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Assembly Bill A701

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Repeals the requirement that applicants must pass an examination in order to qualify as a licensed master social worker

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2025-A701 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S988
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §7704 sub 1 ¶(d), Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A5291, S5975

2025-A701 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Repeals the requirement that applicants must pass an examination in order to qualify as a licensed master social worker.

2025-A701 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    701
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GONZALEZ-ROJAS, BUTTENSCHON, LUPARDO, SIMON,
   JACKSON, PHEFFER AMATO, RIVERA, DE LOS SANTOS, GIBBS,  HEVESI,  TAPIA,
   SHIMSKY,  CRUZ, EPSTEIN, RAGA, MEEKS, TAYLOR, BURDICK, KELLES, DAVILA,
   BRONSON, BORES, FORREST -- read once and referred to the Committee  on
   Higher Education
 
 AN  ACT  to repeal paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 7704 of the
   education law requiring applicants to pass an examination in order  to
   qualify as a licensed master social worker
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision  1  of  section  7704  of  the
 education law is REPEALED.
   § 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01956-01-5

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