Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 01, 2024 |
referred to higher education |
Assembly Bill A9980
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
KELLES
Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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
2023-A9980 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Higher Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §6457, Ed L
2023-A9980 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes the advanced initiative in mental health careers program to increase access by underrepresented or disadvantaged students to certain post-baccalaureate academic programs that prepare students for licensure in mental health professions and employment in mental health fields.
2023-A9980 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9980 I N A S S E M B L Y May 1, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. KELLES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the advanced initiative in mental health careers program 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 6457 to read as follows: § 6457. ADVANCED INITIATIVE IN MENTAL HEALTH CAREERS PROGRAM. 1. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL AWARD GRANTS TO DEGREE- GRANTING INSTITUTIONS IN NEW YORK STATE OR TO CONSORTIA OF SUCH INSTI- TUTIONS TO BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING ACCESS BY UNDERREPRE- SENTED OR DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS TO POST-BACCALAUREATE ACADEMIC PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND THAT PREPARE STUDENTS FOR LICENSURE IN MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND EMPLOYMENT IN MENTAL HEALTH FIELDS. 2. GRADUATE PROGRAMS. (A) (I) ADVANCED INITIATIVE IN MENTAL HEALTH CAREERS PROGRAM MONEYS MAY BE USED FOR RECRUITMENT, ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT, CAREER PLANNING, SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, REVIEW FOR LICENSING EXAMINATIONS, PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES WHICH THE COMMISSIONER MAY DEEM APPROPRIATE. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR ADVANCED INITI- ATIVE IN MENTAL HEALTH CAREERS PROGRAM SUPPORT, A STUDENT MUST BE A RESIDENT OF NEW YORK STATE, OR MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, AND MUST BE EITHER ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED OR FROM A CURRENTLY UNDERREPRESENTED GROUP IN THE LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONS. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REVIEW WORKFORCE DATA PERIODICALLY TO DETERMINE CURRENT LEVELS OF REPRESENTATION IN THE LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONS. ELIGIBLE STUDENTS MUST BE IN GOOD ACADEMIC STANDING, ENROLLED FULL TIME IN AN APPROVED GRADUATE OR DOCTORAL LEVEL PROGRAM, AS DEFINED BY THE REGENTS. (II) AN APPLICANT WHO IS NOT A LEGAL RESIDENT OF NEW YORK STATE, BUT WHO IS A UNITED STATES CITIZEN, A PERMANENT LAWFUL RESIDENT, AN INDIVID- UAL WHO IS GRANTED U OR T NON-IMMIGRANT STATUS PURSUANT TO THE VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING AND VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT OF 2000, A PERSON GRANTED EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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