Bill Text: NY S05445 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to certified school psychologists and programs for preschool children with handicapping conditions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-08-13 - SIGNED CHAP.217 [S05445 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5445
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 14, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- 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  certified  school
         psychologists   and   special  education  services  and  programs  for
         preschool children with handicapping conditions; and providing for the
         repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Paragraph d of subdivision 6 of section 4410 of the educa-
    2  tion law, as added by chapter 581 of the laws of  2011,  is  amended  to
    3  read as follows:
    4    d.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision of law to the contrary, the
    5  exemption in subdivision one of section seventy-six hundred five of this
    6  chapter shall apply to persons employed IN  A  SALARIED  POSITION  by  a
    7  center-based  program  approved  pursuant  to  subdivision  nine of this
    8  section as  a  CERTIFIED  school  psychologist  to  provide  activities,
    9  services  and use of the title psychologist to students enrolled in such
   10  approved center-based program, AND  TO  CERTIFIED  SCHOOL  PSYCHOLOGISTS
   11  EMPLOYED  IN  A  SALARIED POSITION BY AN APPROVED PROGRAM, WHICH PROGRAM
   12  HAS BEEN APPROVED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION  NINE  OF  THIS
   13  SECTION  TO CONDUCT A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY EVALUATION OF A PRESCHOOL CHILD
   14  HAVING OR SUSPECTED OF HAVING A DISABILITY WHERE AUTHORIZED BY PARAGRAPH
   15  A OF SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED THREE-B OF THIS CHAP-
   16  TER, EACH in the course of their employment.
   17    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
   18  have  been in full force and effect on and after July 1, 2014, provided,
   19  however that the provisions of this  act  shall  expire  and  be  deemed
   20  repealed June 30, 2016.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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