NY State Senate Bill 2017-S9072

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules 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

Please enter your contact information

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

A valid email address is required.

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

View Actions

	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 15, 2018	referred to rules

2017-S9072 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A11228
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1394, add §§1394-c & 1394-d, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S3834, A3074
2021-2022: S4345, A4801

2017-S9072 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes summer camps to hire licensed social workers, physical therapists, psychologists, athletic trainers, mental health care professionals, occupational therapists and other licensed professionals to provide services.

2017-S9072 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S9072

SPONSOR: ORTT
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public health law, in relation to
the provision of certain professional services to children's camps and
camps for children with developmental disabilities

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The bill allows children's overnight camps, summer day camps and travel-
ing summer day camps to employ certain specified licensed mental health
care practitioners, in order to better serve the mental health of chil-
dren during their summer camp experience.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill amends public health law section 1394(1) to
provide the public health and health planning council shall prescribe
standards and regulations for children's overnight, summer day and trav-
eling summer camps.

Section 2 amends public health law section 1394(3) to authorize the
operator of a children's overnight, summer day, or traveling summer day
camp, with a permit pursuant to public health law section 1393, to
employ or contract with the licensed professionals listed, to provide
professional services, provided all decisions, identification or coordi-
nation of these services, or other professional interactions with camp-
ers and staff at the camp are made based on the professional judgment of
such licensee within his or her lawful scope of practice for the purpose
of treating campers and staff during their attendance or employment at
such camp, pursuant to applicable regulations promulgated by the commis-
sioner in consultation with the commissioner of education.

Section 3 amends the public health law by adding a new section 1394-c to
authorize the operator of a children's overnight, summer day, or travel-
ing summer day camp, with a permit pursuant to public health law section
1393, to employ or contract with any of the mental health practitioners
licensed under articles 153 (psychologists), 154 (social workers) and
163(mental health practitioners) of the education law, provided all
decisions, identification or coordination of these services, or other
professional interactions with campers and staff at the camp are made
based on the professional judgment of such licensee within his or her
lawful scope of practice for the purpose of treating campers and staff
during their attendance or employment at such camp, pursuant to applica-
ble regulations promulgated by the commissioner in consultation with the
commissioner of education.

Section 4 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Parents and camps rely on the presence of licensed professionals and
practitioners to ensure the well-being of the children they serve. Many
summer camps, if authorized, would employ licensed mental health care
practitioners to provide needed services for the mental health and
wellbeing of campers. Additionally, camps catering to children whose
lives have been impacted by traumatic events would be better able to
serve these children, by having licensed mental health practitioners
available.  The significant increase in the number of young people diag-
nosed with mental health disorders, coupled with the tragic increase in
suicides among our youth, highlights the need for these services by
licensed mental health practitioners. These mental health issues do not
stop when these children attend summer camps.

In addition, New York State has adopted the principal that there should
be parity in the provision of mental health services and physical health
services. This bill will further support that principal.

Prohibiting children's camps from hiring licensed professionals special-
ly trained to deal with the mental health needs of these children does
them a disservice. Camps should be allowed and encouraged to offer these
services to the children who need them during their summer camp experi-
ence.

This bill will provide peace of mind to parents, knowing that their
children are in the capable hands of licensed mental health practition-
ers at summer camp, while also allowing camps to provide the same
nurturing services that they have provided in the past.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2016-17: A.9680-A referred to higher education; same as S.1603-A (Bona-
cic) passed senate;
2013-14: A6360-B (Paulin) referred to health

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S9072 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9072
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 15, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the  provision  of
   certain  professional services to children's camps and camps for chil-
   dren with developmental disabilities
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 1394 of the public health law, as
 added by chapter 515 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   1. The public health AND HEALTH PLANNING council shall prescribe stan-
 dards and establish regulations for children's overnight, summer day and
 traveling summer day camps, as defined in this article, concerning  such
 matters  as  may  be  appropriate for the protection and security of the
 life, health and safety of the occupants of such camps.
   § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 1394 of the public health law, as  added
 by chapter 214 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   3. Any person, firm, corporation, or association that operates a chil-
 dren's  overnight,  summer  day,  or  traveling summer day camp, and has
 obtained a permit pursuant to section thirteen hundred  ninety-three  of
 this  article, shall be authorized to employ or contract with ANY OF THE
 FOLLOWING  LICENSED  PROFESSIONALS:  a  physician,  nurse  practitioner,
 physician  assistant,  registered  nurse, or licensed practical nurse or
 emergency medical technician to act as a designated camp health director
 or to provide health services in assistance to the camp health  director
 [pursuant  to  applicable  regulations promulgated by the commissioner].
 ALL DECISIONS, IDENTIFICATION OR COORDINATION OF PROFESSIONAL  SERVICES,
 OR  OTHER PROFESSIONAL INTERACTIONS WITH CAMPERS AND STAFF, MUST BE MADE
 BASED ON THE PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT OF SUCH LICENSEES TO PROVIDE  PROFES-
 SIONAL  SERVICES  WITHIN  HIS  OR  HER  LAWFUL SCOPE OF PRACTICE FOR THE
 PURPOSE OF TREATING CAMPERS AND STAFF DURING THEIR ATTENDANCE OR EMPLOY-
 MENT AT SUCH CAMP, PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION.
   § 3. The public health law is  amended  by  adding  two  new  sections
 1394-c and 1394-d to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16296-01-8

 S. 9072                             2
 
   §  1394-C.  LICENSED  PROFESSIONALS; CHILDREN'S CAMPS.  1. ANY PERSON,
 FIRM, CORPORATION, OR ASSOCIATION THAT OPERATES A CHILDREN'S  OVERNIGHT,
 SUMMER  DAY  OR  TRAVELING  SUMMER  DAY  CAMP, AND HAS OBTAINED A PERMIT
 PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED NINETY-THREE OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL
 BE  AUTHORIZED TO EMPLOY OR CONTRACT WITH ANY OF THE MENTAL HEALTH PRAC-
 TITIONERS LICENSED UNDER ARTICLES ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE,  ONE  HUNDRED
 FIFTY-FOUR AND ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
   2.  ALL  DECISIONS,  IDENTIFICATION  OR  COORDINATION  OF PROFESSIONAL
 SERVICES, OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL INTERACTIONS  WITH  CAMPERS  AND  STAFF,
 MUST  BE  MADE  BASED  ON THE PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT OF SUCH LICENSEES TO
 PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WITHIN HIS OR HER LAWFUL SCOPE OF PRACTICE
 FOR THE PURPOSE OF TREATING CAMPERS AND STAFF DURING THEIR ATTENDANCE OR
 EMPLOYMENT AT SUCH CAMP, PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED
 BY THE COMMISSIONER IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION.
   §  1394-D.  LICENSED  PROFESSIONALS;  CAMPS FOR CHILDREN WITH DEVELOP-
 MENTAL DISABILITIES. 1. CAMPS FOR CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILI-
 TIES,  AS DEFINED IN SUBPART 7-2.2, PART 7, CHAPTER 1 OF TITLE 10 OF THE
 NEW YORK CODES, RULES  AND  REGULATIONS,  AND  IN  COMPLIANCE  WITH  THE
 JUSTICE CENTER FOR THE PROTECTION OF PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, SHALL BE
 AUTHORIZED  TO EMPLOY OR CONTRACT WITH ANY OF THE LICENSED PROFESSIONALS
 LICENSED UNDER ARTICLES ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO, ONE HUNDRED  THIRTY-SIX,
 ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE, ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO AND
 ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
   2.  ALL  DECISIONS,  IDENTIFICATION  OR  COORDINATION  OF PROFESSIONAL
 SERVICES, OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL INTERACTIONS  WITH  CAMPERS  AND  STAFF,
 MUST  BE  MADE  BASED  ON THE PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT OF SUCH LICENSEES TO
 PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WITHIN HIS OR HER LAWFUL SCOPE OF PRACTICE
 FOR THE PURPOSE OF TREATING CAMPERS AND STAFF DURING THEIR ATTENDANCE OR
 EMPLOYMENT AT SUCH CAMP, PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED
 BY THE COMMISSIONER IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Senate Bill S9072

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

2017-S9072 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S9072 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S9072 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S9072 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

Comments

Senate Bill S9072

Share this bill

Sponsored By

Robert G. Ortt

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

2017-S9072 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S9072 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S9072 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S9072 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

Comments