Senate Bill S2462

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes the New York state school mental health services program coordinator

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education 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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2019-S2462 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2801-c, amd §§3602 & 3602-c, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S7805
2021-2022: S1956
2023-2024: S5683

2019-S2462 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the school mental health services program coordinator to provide qualifying public and nonpublic schools with mental health services professionals.

2019-S2462 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2462 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2462
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 25, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  AKSHAR -- 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  creating  a  school
   mental health services program coordinator
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 2801-c
 to read as follows:
   § 2801-C. NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PROGRAM COORDI-
 NATOR. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "SCHOOL  MENTAL  HEALTH
 SERVICES  PROGRAM  COORDINATOR"  SHALL  MEAN  A  MENTAL  HEALTH SERVICES
 PROFESSIONAL,  WITH  QUALIFICATIONS  DETERMINED  BY  REGULATION  BY  THE
 COMMISSIONER,  WHOSE  ROLE  AND  RESPONSIBILITY  SHALL  BE  TO WORK WITH
 STUDENTS, FACULTY AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE  PROFESSIONALS
 TO IDENTIFY, REPORT AND ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES OF STUDENTS, FACUL-
 TY AND ADMINISTRATION AT ANY PUBLIC OR NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL THAT COULD POSE
 A RISK TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
   2. ANY PUBLIC OR NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL MAY EMPLOY A MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
 PROFESSIONAL,  IN  EITHER THE CLASSIFIED OR UNCLASSIFIED SERVICE, DETER-
 MINED IN REGULATION BY THE COMMISSIONER TO BE  QUALIFIED,  AS  A  MENTAL
 HEALTH  SERVICES  PROGRAM  COORDINATOR.    ANY SUCH PUBLIC OR NON-PUBLIC
 SCHOOL MAY ALSO CONTRACT WITH THE STATE OF NEW  YORK,  A  COUNTY,  CITY,
 TOWN  OR VILLAGE, OR WITH A PRIVATE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDER, FOR
 THE PROVISION OF A MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES  PROFESSIONAL,  DETERMINED  IN
 REGULATION  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  TO BE QUALIFIED, TO SERVE AS A MENTAL
 HEALTH SERVICES PROGRAM COORDINATOR.
   3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, BY REGULATION, DETERMINE THE QUALIFICATIONS
 FOR A MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES  PROGRAM  COORDINATOR.  A  SCHOOL  DISTRICT
 SHALL  BE  AUTHORIZED  TO  EMPLOY  OR CONTRACT FOR AS MANY MENTAL HEALTH
 SERVICES PROGRAM COORDINATORS, AS SUCH  DISTRICT  DEEMS  NECESSARY.  THE
 COMMISSIONER  SHALL  BY REGULATION, ESTABLISH THE MANDATORY REPORTS, THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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