Senate Bill S3700

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Provides that complaints brought against mental health professionals shall be commenced within ten years of the date of the last treatment

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S3700 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4795
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6509, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1767, A4800
2011-2012: S1720, A1734
2015-2016: S4671, A3883
2017-2018: S2624, A1828

2013-S3700 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that complaints brought against mental health professionals shall be commenced within ten years of the date of the last treatment of the complainant.

2013-S3700 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S3700 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

    S. 3700                                                  A. 4795

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                            February 11, 2013
                               ___________

IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Educa-
  tion

IN  ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. MORELLE -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the statute of limita-
  tions for professional misconduct for mental health professionals

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

  Section  1.  Section  6509 of the education law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 15 to read as follows:
  (15) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF  LAW,  ALL  COMPLAINTS  OF
PROFESSIONAL  MISCONDUCT  BROUGHT  AGAINST  A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
LICENSED PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  ONE  HUNDRED  FIFTY-THREE,  ONE  HUNDRED
FIFTY-FOUR  OR  ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THIS TITLE SHALL BE COMMENCED
WITHIN TEN YEARS OF THE DATE OF THE LAST TREATMENT OF  THE  COMPLAINANT.
IN CASES INVOLVING THE TREATMENT OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE
YEARS,  ALL  COMPLAINTS  OF  PROFESSIONAL  MISCONDUCT SHALL BE COMMENCED
WITHIN TEN YEARS AFTER THE COMPLAINANT REACHES  THE  AGE  OF  TWENTY-ONE
YEARS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06173-01-3

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