Bill Text: NY A03883 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that complaints brought against mental health professionals shall be commenced within ten years of the date of the last treatment of the complainant.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to higher education [A03883 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A03883-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3883
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 28, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. MORELLE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the statute of limita-
tions for professional misconduct for mental health professionals
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 6509 of the education law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 15 to read as follows:
3 (15) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, ALL COMPLAINTS OF
4 PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT BROUGHT AGAINST A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
5 LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE, ONE HUNDRED
6 FIFTY-FOUR OR ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THIS TITLE SHALL BE COMMENCED
7 WITHIN TEN YEARS OF THE DATE OF THE LAST TREATMENT OF THE COMPLAINANT.
8 IN CASES INVOLVING THE TREATMENT OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE
9 YEARS, ALL COMPLAINTS OF PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT SHALL BE COMMENCED
10 WITHIN TEN YEARS AFTER THE COMPLAINANT REACHES THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE
11 YEARS.
12 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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