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                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring at  least  a
   ratio  of one clinical, non-student mental health staff member per one
   thousand students on all SUNY and CUNY campuses

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 20 to read as follows:
   20.  THROUGH  ON-CAMPUS  CAPACITY,  EACH  STATE  COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY
 CENTER OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND EACH  STATE  COLLEGE  AND
 UNIVERSITY CENTER OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SHALL HAVE AT LEAST
 A  RATIO OF ONE CLINICAL, NON-STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH STAFF MEMBER PER ONE
 THOUSAND FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STUDENTS. TWO YEARS  AFTER  THE  EFFECTIVE
 DATE  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  AND ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS THEREAFTER, EACH
 STATE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY SHALL ESTABLISH A  BOARD  OF  ADVISORS  AND
 EXPERTS  AND HAVE SUCH BOARD UPDATE SUCH RATIO BASED ON ACTUAL RATIOS IN
 THIS STATE AND ANY NEW INFORMATION RELATED TO APPROPRIATE BENCHMARKS FOR
 CLINICIAN-TO-STUDENT RATIOS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, SUCH UPDATED RATIO SHALL
 BE AT LEAST A RATIO OF ONE CLINICAL,  NON-STUDENT  MENTAL  HEALTH  STAFF
 MEMBER  PER  ONE THOUSAND STUDENTS. THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT BE FUNDED
 BY STUDENT FEES CREATED ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION. STATE COLLEGES OR UNIVERSITIES MAY SEEK FEDERAL FUNDING OR PRIVATE
 GRANTS, IF AVAILABLE, TO SUPPORT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   §  2.  Section  6206  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 20 to read as follows:
   20. THROUGH ON-CAMPUS  CAPACITY,  EACH  STATE  COLLEGE  OR  UNIVERSITY
 CENTER  OF  THE  STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND EACH STATE COLLEGE AND
 UNIVERSITY CENTER OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SHALL HAVE AT LEAST
 A RATIO OF ONE CLINICAL, NON-STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH STAFF MEMBER PER  ONE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 THOUSAND  FULL-TIME  EQUIVALENT  STUDENTS. TWO YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE
 DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, AND ONCE EVERY  FIVE  YEARS  THEREAFTER,  EACH
 STATE  COLLEGE  AND  UNIVERSITY  SHALL ESTABLISH A BOARD OF ADVISORS AND
 EXPERTS  AND HAVE SUCH BOARD UPDATE SUCH RATIO BASED ON ACTUAL RATIOS IN
 THIS STATE AND ANY NEW INFORMATION RELATED TO APPROPRIATE BENCHMARKS FOR
 CLINICIAN-TO-STUDENT RATIOS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, SUCH UPDATED RATIO SHALL
 BE AT LEAST A RATIO OF ONE CLINICAL,  NON-STUDENT  MENTAL  HEALTH  STAFF
 MEMBER  PER  ONE THOUSAND STUDENTS. THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT BE FUNDED
 BY STUDENT FEES CREATED ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION. STATE COLLEGES OR UNIVERSITIES MAY SEEK FEDERAL FUNDING OR PRIVATE
 GRANTS, IF AVAILABLE, TO SUPPORT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   §  3.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.