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                                 5258--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
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Introduced  by  Sens.  HASSELL-THOMPSON,  DIAZ, DUANE, HUNTLEY, KRUEGER,
  OPPENHEIMER, PERKINS, SAMPSON, SAVINO, THOMPSON, VOLKER -- read  twice
  and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
  on  Higher  Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Higher Educa-
  tion in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged,
  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
  committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to training regarding
  domestic violence

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 6507 of the educa-
tion law, as amended by chapter 356 of the laws of 2006, is  amended  to
read as follows:
  a. Establish standards for preprofessional and professional education,
experience and licensing examinations as required to implement the arti-
cle for each profession. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
commissioner shall establish standards requiring that all persons apply-
ing,  on or after January first, nineteen hundred ninety-one, initially,
or for the renewal of, a license, registration or limited permit to be a
physician, chiropractor, dentist, registered nurse, podiatrist,  optome-
trist,   psychiatrist,  psychologist,  licensed  master  social  worker,
licensed clinical  social  worker,  licensed  creative  arts  therapist,
licensed  marriage  and family therapist, licensed mental health counse-
lor, licensed psychoanalyst, or dental hygienist shall, in  addition  to
all  the  other  licensure,  certification  or permit requirements, have
completed [two] THREE hours of  coursework  or  training  regarding  the
identification  and  reporting  of  child abuse [and], maltreatment, AND
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.  The coursework or training shall be obtained from an
institution or provider which has been approved  by  the  department  to
provide  such  coursework  or training. The coursework or training shall

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06237-02-0
              

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include information regarding the physical and behavioral indicators  of
child abuse [and], maltreatment, AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE and the statutory
reporting requirements set out in sections four hundred thirteen through
four hundred twenty of the social services law, including but not limit-
ed to, when and how a report must be made, what other actions the repor-
ter  is  mandated  or authorized to take, the legal protections afforded
reporters, and the consequences for failing to report.  THE COMMISSIONER
SHALL ESTABLISH STANDARDS REQUIRING THAT BEGINNING  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO
THOUSAND  ELEVEN,  ONE  HOUR  OF  THE THREE COURSEWORK OR TRAINING HOURS
SHALL INCLUDE  INFORMATION  REGARDING  THE  RELATIONSHIP  BETWEEN  CHILD
ABUSE,  MALTREATMENT,  AND  DOMESTIC  VIOLENCE AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF
BEHAVIORAL AND PHYSICAL INDICATORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE  AS  DEFINED  IN
SECTION  FOUR  HUNDRED  FIFTY-NINE-A  OF  THE  SOCIAL SERVICES LAW. Such
coursework or training may also include information regarding the  phys-
ical  and  behavioral indicators of the abuse of individuals with mental
retardation and other developmental disabilities and voluntary reporting
of abused or neglected adults to the office of  mental  retardation  and
developmental  disabilities or the local adult protective services unit.
Each applicant shall provide the department with  documentation  showing
that he or she has completed the required training. The department shall
provide  an  exemption  from  the  child  abuse [and], maltreatment, AND
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE training requirements to any  applicant  who  requests
such  an exemption and who shows, to the department's satisfaction, that
there would be no need because of the nature of his or her practice  for
him or her to complete such training;
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.