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Senate Bill S7071

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to domestic violence training for health and mental health professionals

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2025-S7071 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §206, Pub Health L

2025-S7071 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to domestic violence training for health and mental health professionals; requires such trainings to be updated annually by the commissioner of health in consultation with the office for the prevention of domestic violence; requires the commissioner of health to collect data on participation of such trainings by health professionals.

2025-S7071 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7071 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7071
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 1, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBB  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to domestic  violence
   training for health and mental health professionals
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 33 to read as follows:
   33. (A) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS  WHICH
 SHALL  ENSURE  THAT  TRAININGS ON PROVIDING CARE FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC
 VIOLENCE ARE DEVELOPED AND DELIVERED TO HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH PROFES-
 SIONALS. SUCH TRAININGS  SHALL  BE  REVIEWED  AND  UPDATED  ANNUALLY  IN
 CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  OFFICE FOR THE PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
 SUCH TRAININGS SHALL INCLUDE INSTRUCTION THAT HEALTH AND  MENTAL  HEALTH
 PROFESSIONALS  ARE  NOT  SUBJECT TO MANDATORY REPORTING FOR INSTANCES OF
 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST ADULTS.
   (B) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CONVENE A TASK FORCE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSUR-
 ING THAT ALL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN THE STATE RECEIVE
 THE TRAININGS UNDER PARAGRAPH (A)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  ON  AN  ANNUAL
 BASIS.  SUCH  TASK FORCE SHALL COLLECT DATA ON THE PARTICIPATION OF SUCH
 TRAININGS BY HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN THE STATE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00579-02-5

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