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Jan 10, 2011 |
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Senate Bill S1612
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2011-S1612 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Higher Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง7707, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
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S2848
2011-S1612 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1612 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to persons authorized to practice social work PURPOSE: To provide eligible social workers additional time to complete the licensure application process. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Amends subdivisions 2 and 4 of section 7707 of the education law. Subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 230 of the laws of 2004 and subdivision 4 as added by chapter 420 of the laws of 2002. JUSTIFICATION: One additional year is needed to allow those social workers who are eligible, to complete the licensure application process. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New bill. FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.
2011-S1612 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1612 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 10, 2011 ___________ 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 TWELVE 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 TWELVE 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 worker 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.
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