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Jan 06, 2016 |
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Jan 21, 2015 |
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Senate Bill S2030
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 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
2015-S2030 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S2030 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires the education commissioner to establish standards requiring that one hour of the three hours of coursework or training required of certain specified health care professionals regarding the identification and reporting of child abuse and maltreatment include information regarding the relationship between child abuse and domestic violence and the identification of behavioral and physical indicators of domestic violence.
2015-S2030 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2030 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to training regarding domestic violence PURPOSE OF BILL: The purpose of this bill is to expand existing educational mediums to include training of medical professionals in the recognition of the physical and behavioral indicators of domestic violence and elder abuse. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill would amend paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of 6507 of the Education Law, as amended by Chapter 356 of the laws of 2006 to include additional requirements to the ones set forth in (a). § 6507(3) (a) as amended in 1989 mandates that medical professionals who are covered under the mandatory child abuse reporting law receive two (2) hours of coursework or training regarding the identification and reporting of child abuse and maltreatment. This bill would add a third hour to that two hour course, and mandate that third hour be spent discussing the identification of the symptoms of domestic violence and elder abuse. JUSTIFICATION:
2015-S2030 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2030 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 21, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HASSELL-THOMPSON -- 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 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 554 of the laws of 2013, 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, dental hygienist, licensed behavior analyst, or certified behavior analyst assistant 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 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- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06065-01-5
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