S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2848
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 4, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to persons authorized to
practice social work
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 4 of section 7707 of the education law,
subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 230 of the laws of 2004 and subdivi-
sion 4 as added by chapter 420 of the laws of 2002, are amended to read
as follows:
2. Any person who possesses a master's of social work degree on [the
effective date of this section] SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FOUR, who
has five years of post-graduate social work employment BY SEPTEMBER
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FOUR and meets the requirements for a license pursu-
ant to this article, except for examination, and who files with the
department [within one year of the effective date of this section] BY
DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TEN shall be licensed as a licensed
master social worker.
4. Any person who is licensed as a certified social worker on [the
effective date of this section] SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FOUR, but
who has not received authorization pursuant to section three thousand
two hundred twenty-one or four thousand three hundred three of the
insurance law, who files with the department [within one year of the
effective date of this section] BY DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
TEN an application pursuant to subdivision two of section seventy-seven
hundred four of this article, AND who demonstrates BY SEPTEMBER FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND FOUR to the satisfaction of the department that they meet
the experience requirements for authorization pursuant to section three
thousand two hundred twenty-one or four thousand three hundred three of
the insurance law, shall be licensed as a licensed clinical social work-
er without meeting any further requirements.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.