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Assembly Bill A8478

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2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates extending provisions of law relating to physical therapy assistant services in public and private primary and secondary schools

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2025-A8478 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8251
Law Section:
Education
Laws Affected:
Amd §2, Chap 20 of 1998

2025-A8478 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to extending provisions of law relating to physical therapy assistant services in public and private primary and secondary schools.

2025-A8478 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8478
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 16, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. VALDEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Higher Education
 
 AN  ACT  to amend chapter 20 of the laws of 1998, amending the education
   law relating to the provision of physical therapy  assistant  services
   in  public  and  private primary and secondary schools, in relation to
   extending the effectiveness of such chapter

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 2 of chapter 20 of the laws of 1998, amending the
 education law relating to the provision of  physical  therapy  assistant
 services in public and private primary and secondary schools, as amended
 by  section  1  of  item W of subpart B of part XXX of chapter 58 of the
 laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall remain in effect
 until June 30, [2025] 2030 when upon such date the  provisions  of  this
 act shall expire and be deemed repealed.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13004-01-5

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