Bill Text: NY S06310 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires certain persons and officials required to report suspected child abuse and maltreatment to complete ongoing training.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S06310 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06310-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6310
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 6, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
        AN ACT to amend the education  law  and  the  social  services  law,  in
          relation  to  coursework  or training regarding the identification and
          reporting of suspected cases of child abuse and maltreatment
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1.  Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 6507 of the educa-
     2  tion  law,  as amended by chapter 554 of the laws of 2013, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    a. Establish standards for preprofessional and professional education,
     5  experience and licensing examinations as required to implement the arti-
     6  cle for each profession. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
     7  commissioner shall establish standards requiring that all persons apply-
     8  ing, on or after January first, nineteen hundred ninety-one,  initially,
     9  or for the renewal of, a license, registration or limited permit to be a
    10  physician,  chiropractor, dentist, registered nurse, podiatrist, optome-
    11  trist,  psychiatrist,  psychologist,  licensed  master  social   worker,
    12  licensed  clinical  social  worker,  licensed  creative  arts therapist,
    13  licensed marriage and family therapist, licensed mental  health  counse-
    14  lor,   licensed   psychoanalyst,  dental  hygienist,  licensed  behavior
    15  analyst, or certified behavior analyst assistant shall, in  addition  to
    16  all the other licensure, certification or permit requirements, and every
    17  three years thereafter, have completed two hours of coursework or train-
    18  ing  regarding  the  identification  and  reporting  of  child abuse and
    19  maltreatment.   The coursework or training shall  be  obtained  from  an
    20  institution  or  provider  which  has been approved by the department to
    21  provide such coursework or training. The coursework  or  training  shall
    22  include  information regarding the physical and behavioral indicators of
    23  child abuse and maltreatment and the  statutory  reporting  requirements
    24  set out in sections four hundred thirteen through four hundred twenty of
    25  the  social  services  law, including but not limited to, when and how a
    26  report must be made, what other actions  the  reporter  is  mandated  or
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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