NY State Senate Bill 2021-S626

Senate Bill S626

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the department of education to study and report on the self-identified ethnicity and multilingual status of all licensed social workers

download bill text pdf

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher 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

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
Jan 05, 2022	referred to higher education
Jan 06, 2021	referred to higher education

2021-S626 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2224
Current Committee:: Senate Higher Education
Law Section:: Education
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: A9924
2017-2018: S8482, A4102
2019-2020: S1771, A10925
2023-2024: S462
2025-2026: S87

2021-S626 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of education to study and report on the self-identified ethnicity and multilingual status of all licensed social workers and provide such report to the governor and legislature no later than one year after the effective date of this act.

2021-S626 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S626

SPONSOR: SEPULVEDA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act requiring the department of education to study and report on the
self-identified ethnicity and multilingual status of all licensed social
workers

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This purpose of this bill is to increase the amount of information that
we have regarding the demographic and linguistic break downs of social
workers.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Mandates the department of education to prepare a comprehen-
sive study and report on the self-identified ethnicity and multilingual
status of all licensed social workers.

Section 2. Indicates that the report should be completed within a year
and given to the Governor, temporary president of the Senate, and Speak-
er of the Assembly.

 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION:

N/A

 
JUSTIFICATION:

A study and report on the self-identified study and report on self-iden-
tified ethnicity and multilingual status would expand the states know-
ledge of the different communities that our social workers are being
pulled from. There is a connection between the services offered by the
state and cultural and linguistic accessibility to those services. A
study would allow us to know if we are correctly and thoroughly serving
our community with social services. A study would allow us to identify
demographic imbalances that may hinder the communication between our
social workers and New Yorkers in need of the service.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S1771 of 2020, referred to Higher Education S1771 of 2019, referred to
Higher Education S.8482 of 2018, referred to Higher Education A.9924 of
2016, referred to Higher Education

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S626 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    626
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN  ACT requiring the department of education to study and report on the
   self-identified ethnicity and  multilingual  status  of  all  licensed
   social workers

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The department of education shall prepare  a  comprehensive
 study  and  report  on  the  self-identified  ethnicity and multilingual
 status of all licensed social workers.  Such  data  shall  be  collected
 during the licensure and re-registration process of such individuals and
 then compiled in an easily readable format.
   §  2.  The  commissioner of education shall provide such report to the
 governor, temporary president of the senate and speaker of the  assembly
 no  later  than  one  year  after  the effective date of this act.  Such
 report shall be updated and delivered  annually  for  a  total  of  five
 years.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03486-01-1

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.