Bill Text: NY S06343 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to staff qualifications for supervisory and non-supervisory child protective services workers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-15 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES [S06343 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S06343-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 6343                                                  A. 8429
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 15, 2014
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       IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered print-
         ed,  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and
         Families
       IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES --  read  once  and
         referred to the Committee on Children and Families
       AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to staff qualifica-
         tions  for  non-supervisory  and supervisory child protective services
         workers
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 4 of section 421 of
    2  the social services law, paragraph (a) as amended and paragraph  (b)  as
    3  added  by  chapter  525  of  the  laws  of  2006, are amended to read as
    4  follows:
    5    (a) after consultation  with  the  local  child  protective  services,
    6  promulgate regulations relating to staff qualifications for non-supervi-
    7  sory  child  protective  services  workers, prescribing [any] AT LEAST A
    8  baccalaureate or equivalent college degree IN SOCIAL  WORK,  PSYCHOLOGY,
    9  COUNSELING  and/or  relevant  [human service] experience IN LAW ENFORCE-
   10  MENT, COUNSELING OR WORK WITH  MENTAL  HEALTH  OR  COGNITIVELY  IMPAIRED
   11  PERSONS  AND CHILDREN as requirements. Such requirements shall not apply
   12  to persons currently employed by such child protective services who were
   13  hired before [January first, nineteen hundred eighty-six] THE  EFFECTIVE
   14  DATE  OF  THE  CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN THAT AMENDED
   15  THIS PARAGRAPH.
   16    (b) after consultation  with  the  local  child  protective  services,
   17  promulgate  regulations  relating  to  staff  qualifications  for  those
   18  assigned to be supervisors of child  protective  services[,  prescribing
   19  any  baccalaureate  or  equivalent  college degree and/or relevant human
   20  services experience as requirements]. Provided, however, that such regu-
   21  lations shall at a minimum provide that those assigned to be supervisors
   22  of child protective services have [either a baccalaureate]  AT  LEAST  A
   23  MASTER'S degree [or three] IN SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY, COUNSELING AND/OR
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13160-07-4
       S. 6343                             2                            A. 8429
    1  TEN  years  of  relevant work experience in [a human services field] LAW
    2  ENFORCEMENT, COUNSELING  OR  WORK  WITH  MENTAL  HEALTH  OR  COGNITIVELY
    3  IMPAIRED  PERSONS  AND  CHILDREN.   Such requirements shall not apply to
    4  persons  currently assigned to be a child protective services supervisor
    5  who were hired before [December first, two thousand six]  THE  EFFECTIVE
    6  DATE  OF  THE  CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN THAT AMENDED
    7  THIS PARAGRAPH.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.