Senate Bill S5824

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring counselors to have sensitivity training

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Alcoholism And Drug Abuse 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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2017-S5824 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Alcoholism And Drug Abuse
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §19.07, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S1063
2021-2022: S361

2017-S5824 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring counselors to have sensitivity training as part of their courses of study or equivalent on-the-job experience.

2017-S5824 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5824 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5824
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 2, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental  hygiene  law,  in  relation  to  sensitivity
   training
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (d)  of  section  19.07  of  the
 mental  hygiene  law, as amended by section 5 of part I of chapter 58 of
 the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   (1) The office shall establish minimum qualifications  for  counselors
 in  all phases of delivery of services to persons and their families who
 are suffering  from  alcohol  and/or  substance  abuse  and/or  chemical
 dependence  and/or  compulsive  gambling  that shall include, but not be
 limited to, completion  of  approved  courses  of  study  or  equivalent
 on-the-job  experience  in  alcoholism  and  substance  abuse counseling
 and/or counseling of compulsive gambling. SUCH APPROVED COURSES OF STUDY
 OR EQUIVALENT ON-THE-JOB EXPERIENCE SHALL INCLUDE SENSITIVITY  TRAINING.
 FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF THIS PARAGRAPH, SENSITIVITY TRAINING SHALL MEAN A
 FORM OF TRAINING WITH THE GOAL OF MAKING PEOPLE MORE AWARE OF THEIR  OWN
 PREJUDICES AND MORE SENSITIVE TO OTHERS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10469-01-7

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