Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jul 06, 2020 |
enacting clause stricken |
Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to education |
Feb 08, 2019 |
referred to education |
Assembly Bill A5313
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CRESPO
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
- 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
co-Sponsors
Felix Ortiz
Carmen De La Rosa
Anthony D'Urso
Victor M. Pichardo
multi-Sponsors
Thomas Abinanti
Clifford Crouch
Yuh-Line Niou
Diana Richardson
2019-A5313 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A5313 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5313 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 8, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABINAN- TI, COLTON, CROUCH, RICHARDSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law and the education law, in relation to mandatory continuing education for teachers relating to mental health issues THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 7.23 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new subdivision (d) to read as follows: (D) THE COMMISSIONER IN CONSULTATION WITH THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WITH THE COMMIS- SIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, SHALL DEVELOP COURSE MATERIALS TO BE OFFERED AS PART OF THE REQUIRED CONTINUING TEACHER AND LEADER EDUCA- TION REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION THREE THOUSAND SIX-A OF THE EDUCATION LAW. SUCH TRAINING SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: 1. CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES; 2. PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH; 3. EATING DISORDERS; 4. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DISORDERS; 5. BEST PRACTICES FOR IMPROVING THE OVERALL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; 6. SAFE DE-ESCALATION OF CRISIS SITUATIONS; 7. IDENTIFYING SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS, INCLUDING EARLY STAGES OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES; AND 8. THE USE OF EVIDENCE BASED TRAINING PROGRAMS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID OR CORE ELEMENTS OF SUCH PROGRAMS TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE. § 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 3006-a of the education law, as added by section 2 of subpart C of part EE of chapter 56 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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