Senate Bill S8976B

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes the delivery of telehealth services in schools by licensed providers

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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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co-Sponsors

2023-S8976 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §414, Ed L

2023-S8976 - Summary

Authorizes the delivery of telehealth services in schools by licensed providers.

2023-S8976 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8976 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8976
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 4, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- 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  allowing  for  the
   delivery of telehealth services in schools by licensed providers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph (j) of subdivision 1 of section 414 of the educa-
 tion law, as added by chapter 513 of the laws of 2005, subparagraph  (i)
 as  amended  by  chapter  672 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (j) For licensed school-based health, dental or mental health  clinics
 AND TELEHEALTH PROVIDERS.  (i) For the purposes of this subdivision, the
 term  "licensed  school-based health, dental or mental health clinic AND
 TELEHEALTH PROVIDER" means a clinic OR TELEHEALTH PROVIDER,  AS  DEFINED
 IN  SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE-CC OF THE
 PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, that is located in, OR PROVIDE SERVICES TO, a  school
 facility  of  a  school  district [or], board of cooperative educational
 services, OR CHARTER SCHOOL, is operated by an  entity  other  than  the
 school  district  [or],  board  of  cooperative educational services, OR
 CHARTER SCHOOL and will provide health, dental or mental health services
 during school hours and/or non-school hours to school-age and  preschool
 children, and that is: (1) a health clinic approved under the provisions
 of  chapter  one  hundred  ninety-eight  of the laws of nineteen hundred
 seventy-eight; or (2)  another  school-based  health  or  dental  clinic
 licensed by the department of health pursuant to article twenty-eight of
 the  public  health  law;  or  (3)  a  school-based mental health clinic
 licensed or approved by the office of mental health pursuant to  article
 thirty-one  of  the  mental  hygiene  law;  or (4) a school-based mental
 health clinic licensed by the office for people with developmental disa-
 bilities pursuant to article sixteen of the mental hygiene law; OR (5) A
 TELEHEALTH PROVIDER DELIVERING HEALTH CARE SERVICES BY  MEANS  OF  TELE-
 HEALTH  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  ARTICLE TWENTY-NINE-G OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH
 LAW. THE   COMMISSIONER  SHALL  DEVELOP  REGULATIONS  TO  IMPLEMENT  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF THIS PARAGRAPH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONERS OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

co-Sponsors

2023-S8976A - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §414, Ed L

2023-S8976A - Summary

Authorizes the delivery of telehealth services in schools by licensed providers.

2023-S8976A - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8976A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8976--A
     Cal. No. 1285
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 4, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  MAYER, JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Education  --
   reported  favorably  from  said committee, ordered to first and second
   report, ordered to a third reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted,
   retaining its place in the order of third reading

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to allowing for the
   delivery of telehealth services in schools by licensed providers
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (j) of subdivision 1 of section 414 of the educa-
 tion  law, as added by chapter 513 of the laws of 2005, subparagraph (i)
 as amended by chapter 672 of the laws of 2019, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (j)  For licensed school-based health, dental or mental health clinics
 AND TELEHEALTH PROVIDERS.  (i) For the purposes of this subdivision, the
 term "licensed school-based health, dental or mental health  clinic  AND
 TELEHEALTH  PROVIDER"  means a clinic OR TELEHEALTH PROVIDER, AS DEFINED
 IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE-CC OF  THE
 PUBLIC  HEALTH LAW, that is located in, OR PROVIDE SERVICES TO, a school
 facility of a school district [or],  board  of  cooperative  educational
 services,  OR  CHARTER  SCHOOL,  is operated by an entity other than the
 school district [or], board  of  cooperative  educational  services,  OR
 CHARTER SCHOOL and will provide health, dental or mental health services
 during  school hours and/or non-school hours to school-age and preschool
 children, and that is: (1) a health clinic approved under the provisions
 of chapter one hundred ninety-eight of  the  laws  of  nineteen  hundred
 seventy-eight;  or  (2)  another  school-based  health  or dental clinic
 licensed by the department of health pursuant to article twenty-eight of
 the public health law;  or  (3)  a  school-based  mental  health  clinic
 licensed  or approved by the office of mental health pursuant to article
 thirty-one of the mental hygiene  law;  or  (4)  a  school-based  mental
 health clinic licensed by the office for people with developmental disa-
 bilities pursuant to article sixteen of the mental hygiene law; OR (5) A
 TELEHEALTH  PROVIDER  DELIVERING  HEALTH CARE SERVICES BY MEANS OF TELE-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

co-Sponsors

2023-S8976B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §414, Ed L

2023-S8976B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the delivery of telehealth services in schools by licensed providers.

2023-S8976B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8976B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8976--B
     Cal. No. 1285
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 4, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  MAYER, JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Education  --
   reported  favorably  from  said committee, ordered to first and second
   report, ordered to a third reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted,
   retaining its place in the order of third reading -- again amended and
   ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to allowing for the
   delivery of telehealth services in schools by licensed providers
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (j) of subdivision 1 of section 414 of the educa-
 tion  law, as added by chapter 513 of the laws of 2005, subparagraph (i)
 as amended by chapter 672 of the laws of 2019, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (j)  For licensed school-based health, dental or mental health clinics
 AND TELEHEALTH PROVIDERS.  (i) For the purposes of this subdivision, the
 term "licensed school-based health, dental or mental health  clinic  AND
 TELEHEALTH  PROVIDER"  means a clinic OR TELEHEALTH PROVIDER, AS DEFINED
 IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE-CC OF  THE
 PUBLIC  HEALTH LAW, that is located in, OR PROVIDE SERVICES TO, a school
 facility of a school district [or],  board  of  cooperative  educational
 services,  OR  CHARTER  SCHOOL,  is operated by an entity other than the
 school district [or], board  of  cooperative  educational  services,  OR
 CHARTER SCHOOL and will provide health, dental or mental health services
 during  school hours and/or non-school hours to school-age and preschool
 children, and that is: (1) a health clinic approved under the provisions
 of chapter one hundred ninety-eight of  the  laws  of  nineteen  hundred
 seventy-eight;  or  (2)  another  school-based  health  or dental clinic
 licensed by the department of health pursuant to article twenty-eight of
 the public health law;  or  (3)  a  school-based  mental  health  clinic
 licensed  or approved by the office of mental health pursuant to article
 thirty-one of the mental hygiene  law;  or  (4)  a  school-based  mental
 health clinic licensed by the office for people with developmental disa-
 bilities pursuant to article sixteen of the mental hygiene law; OR (5) A
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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