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Senate Bill S1969
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 31st Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
- 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
(D, WF) Senate District
(D, WF) 25th Senate District
(D, WF) 55th Senate District
(D, WF) 56th Senate District
2021-S1969 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-S1969 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1969 SPONSOR: JACKSON TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to the employment of mental health professionals by school districts PURPOSE: To insure that all elementary, intermediate, middle, junior and senior high schools throughout New York State have a full-time licensed social worker and a full-time licensed psychologist on staff to meet the needs of their students. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends Section 901 of the Education Law to provide that mental health services shall be provided by each school district to all students that attend public schools and that each school district shall employ a school psychologist and school social worker to provide such
2021-S1969 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1969 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 16, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. JACKSON, MAY, RIVERA, SALAZAR -- 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 the employment of mental health professionals by school districts THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 901 of the education law, as amended by chapter 477 of the laws of 2004, subdivision 1 as amended by section 57 of part A1 of chapter 58 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows: § 901. School health AND MENTAL HEALTH services to be provided. 1. A. School health services, as defined in subdivision two of this section, shall be provided by each school district for all students attending the public schools in this state, except in the city school district of the city of New York, as provided in this article. School health services shall include the services of a registered professional nurse, if one is employed, and shall also include such services as may be rendered as provided in this article in examining students for the existence of disease or disability and in testing the eyes and ears of such students. B. SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, SHALL BE PROVIDED BY EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR ALL STUDENTS ATTENDING THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THIS STATE, AS PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE. SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES SHALL INCLUDE THE SERVICES OF A SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST AND SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER, EACH OF WHICH SHALL BE EMPLOYED BY THE DISTRICT. 2. A. School health services for the purposes of this article shall mean the several procedures, including, but not limited to, medical examinations, dental inspection and/or screening, scoliosis screening, vision screening and audiometer tests, designed to determine the health status of the child; to inform parents or other persons in parental relation to the child, pupils and teachers of the individual child's health condition subject to federal and state confidentiality laws; to guide parents, children and teachers in procedures for preventing and correcting defects and diseases; to instruct the school personnel in
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