NY State Senate Bill 2017-S6002

Senate Bill S6002

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires the commissioner of education to promulgate regulations to include school mental health practitioners in a certificate valid for pupil personnel services

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2017-S6002 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A981
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §305, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:: S7611, A9938

2017-S6002 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of education to promulgate regulations to include school mental health practitioners in a certificate valid for pupil personnel services.

2017-S6002 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S6002

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the education law, in relation to
requiring the commissioner to issue regulations to include school
mental health practitioners in a certificate valid for pupil personnel
services

 PURPOSE :

This bill creates a school certificate title for school mental health
practitioners including licensed mental health counselors, licensed
marriage and family therapists, licensed psychoanalysts and licensed
creative arts therapists to allow schools districts to hire these
licensed mental health professionals.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section 1 amends of the Education Law directing the Commissioner to
establish school certificate titles for school mental health
practitioners licensed under Article 163 as a licensed mental health
counselor, licensed marriage or family therapist, licensed
psychoanalyst or licensed creative arts therapist.

Section 2 establishes the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

There is an unmet need for mental health services in New York schools.
Educators recognize that, for some, access to mental health services
increases a student's likelihood to remain in school and achieve
academically. Schools report an increasing need for mental health
services but, without a school certificate title, school districts are
prohibited from employing a number of licensed mental health
professionals who could help students. This bill would give schools
access to more mental health professionals who, in turn, could provide
more mental health services in the schools.

This bill would expand schools' access to licensed mental health
professionals. Mental health practitioners have been licensed in New
York State since 2005 to provide counseling and psychotherapy. School
certification titles, however, were never updated to allow school
districts to hire licensed mental health professionals. This bill
would create the titles and provide school districts with the
authority to hire mental health professionals as appropriate for their
school's population. It does not, however, create a license or affect
licensure requirements for mental health professionals.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2016:S.7611-A Higher Education/ A.9938-A Ways and Means

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediately
the Department of Education is authorized to promulgate any and all
rules and regulations and to take any other measures necessary to
implement this act on or before such effective date.

2017-S6002 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6002
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MARCELLINO  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the  commis-
   sioner  to  issue  regulations to include school mental health practi-
   tioners in a certificate valid for pupil personnel services

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 56 to read as follows:
   56.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ISSUE  REGULATIONS  TO INCLUDE A SCHOOL
 MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR, SCHOOL MARRIAGE AND  FAMILY  THERAPIST,  SCHOOL
 PSYCHOANALYST  AND  A  SCHOOL  CREATIVE  ARTS THERAPIST IN A CERTIFICATE
 VALID FOR PUPIL PERSONNEL SERVICES.
   IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER REQUIREMENT FOR  CERTIFICATE  ESTABLISHED  IN
 REGULATIONS,  A CANDIDATE FOR A CERTIFICATE ESTABLISHED BY THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION SHALL BE REGISTERED AND HOLD A VALID LICENSE  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE
 ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
 ly  the  department of education is authorized to promulgate any and all
 rules and regulations and to take any other measures necessary to imple-
 ment this act on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01263-01-7

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Carl L. Marcellino