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Assembly Bill A7362

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires all school employees complete student mental wellness training

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2025-A7362 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §319, Ed L

2025-A7362 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all school employees complete student mental wellness training on identifying signs and symptoms of mental health issues, eating disorders, behavioral health disorders, and substance use disorders, the use of evidence-based training programs including, but not limited to, mental health first aid or core elements of such programs to the extent practicable, and safe de-escalation of crisis situations.

2025-A7362 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7362
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 25, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to requiring all school
   employees complete student mental wellness training
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 319 to
 read as follows:
   §  319.  STUDENT  MENTAL  WELLNESS TRAINING. 1. EVERY EMPLOYEE OF EACH
 ELEMENTARY, INTERMEDIATE, MIDDLE, JUNIOR HIGH  AND  SENIOR  HIGH  SCHOOL
 WITHIN  THE  STATE  SHALL COMPLETE STUDENT MENTAL WELLNESS TRAINING EACH
 YEAR.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER IN CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  MENTAL
 HYGIENE,  THE OFFICE OF ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS, AND THE DEPART-
 MENT OF HEALTH, SHALL DEVELOP THE ANNUAL STUDENT MENTAL WELLNESS  TRAIN-
 ING  AND  ANY  COURSE  MATERIALS  TO BE OFFERED AS PART OF SUCH TRAINING
 PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION.  SUCH  TRAINING  SHALL
 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (A)  IDENTIFYING  SIGNS  AND  SYMPTOMS OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, EATING
 DISORDERS, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DISORDERS, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS.
   (B) THE USE OF EVIDENCE-BASED TRAINING  PROGRAMS  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED TO, MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID OR CORE ELEMENTS OF SUCH PROGRAMS TO
 THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE.
   (C) SAFE DE-ESCALATION OF CRISIS SITUATIONS.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
 for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04576-01-5

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