NY State Senate Bill 2025-S7044

Senate Bill S7044

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring the commissioner of the department of civil service to prepare a report on certain civil service titles

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee

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Delivered to Governor
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2025-S7044 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:: Civil Service
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S8354
2019-2020: S3151
2021-2022: S6100
2023-2024: S4764

2025-S7044 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring the commissioner of the department of civil service to prepare a report on civil service titles which require an appointee to possess a license and current registration as a mental health practitioner in one or more professions under article 163 of the education law.

2025-S7044 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7044

SPONSOR: LANZA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to require the commissioner of the department of civil service to
prepare a report on certain civil service titles

 
PURPOSE:

To establish civil service titles for Article 163 mental health practi-
tioners.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

The bill directs the New York State Department of Civil Service to
prepare a report by July 1, 2018 with regard to establishing classifica-
tions for Mental Health Practitioners licensed under Article 163 of the
State Education Law.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Article 163 Mental Health Practitioners (Mental Health Counselors,
Marriage & Family Therapists, Psychoanalysts and Creative Arts Thera-
pists) currently practice in New York State agencies and state-supported
community-based organizations. However, since these licenses did not
exist prior to 2006, there are no civil service titles for these
professions.

As New York State positions itself to end the current state agency
exemption from professional licensure for certain entities and individ-
uals providing services within the scopes df practice of social work,
psychology and mental health practitioners, creation of civil service
titles for MHPs would provide employment stability. The State Education
Department, in its report Pursuant to Chapter 57 of 2013, found that the
lack of titles has "presented challenges to state agencies and
programs." SED concluded that "there is agreement that the Department of
Civil Service should revise job titles to reflect the new professions
established in Article 163 and require an applicant to be licensed in
order to hold a Civil Service position, in order to ensure the health,
safety and welfare of the public. The creation of appropriate titles
will provide opportunities for qualified licensees seeking to provide
services in state or local government programs, as well as in the volun-
tary not-for-profit sector" (p. 14).

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2024: S.4764/A.5080 - Passed Both Houses, Veto 28

2023: S.4764 - Referred to Civil Service/A.5080- Referred to
Gov.Employees

2022: S.6100 - Referred to Civil Service/A.7791- Referred to
Gov.Employees

2021: S.6100 - Referred to Civil Service/A.7791- Referred to
Gov.Employees

2020: S.3151 - Referred to Civil Service
2019: S.3151 - Committed to Rules

2018: S.8354 - Referred to Civil Service/A.8140- Referred to
Gov.Employees

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This bill shall take effect immediately

2025-S7044 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7044
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 31, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  LANZA, PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and
   Pensions
 
 AN ACT to require the commissioner of the department of civil service to
   prepare a report on certain civil service titles

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The commissioner of the department of civil service shall
 prepare a report on civil service titles requiring licensure under arti-
 cle 163 of the education law. Such report  shall  include,  but  not  be
 limited to:
   (a) an identification of all titles in the civil service which require
 an  appointee  to possess a license and current registration as a mental
 health practitioner in one or more professions under article 163 of  the
 education law, and the description of such titles;
   (b)  the  salary  grade of such titles and a determination of whether,
 based on board certification requirements,  duties,  and  education  and
 experience levels, such salary grades are appropriate; and
   (c)  a  determination  as to whether such current civil service titles
 and career ladders are appropriate.
   § 2. The commissioner is authorized to conduct this report in conjunc-
 tion with any other reports being developed by the department  of  civil
 service.  The commissioner shall submit such report to the governor, the
 temporary president of the senate, the  speaker  of  the  assembly,  the
 minority  leader  of the senate, and the minority leader of the assembly
 on or before December 31, 2027.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11326-01-5

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Andrew J. Lanza