Senate Bill S1956

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes the New York state school mental health services program coordinator

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  • 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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2021-S1956 (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
2019-2020: S2462
2023-2024: S5683

2021-S1956 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2021-S1956 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S1956 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1956
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 16, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  AKSHAR,  JORDAN, SERINO -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Educa-
   tion
 
 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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