Bill Text: NY A00701 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Repeals the requirement that applicants must pass an examination in order to qualify as a licensed master social worker.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 30-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-08 - referred to higher education [A00701 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A00701-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           701

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GONZALEZ-ROJAS, BUTTENSCHON, LUPARDO, SIMON,
          JACKSON, PHEFFER AMATO, RIVERA, DE LOS SANTOS, GIBBS,  HEVESI,  TAPIA,
          SHIMSKY,  CRUZ, EPSTEIN, RAGA, MEEKS, TAYLOR, BURDICK, KELLES, DAVILA,
          BRONSON, BORES, FORREST -- read once and referred to the Committee  on
          Higher Education

        AN  ACT  to repeal paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 7704 of the
          education law requiring applicants to pass an examination in order  to
          qualify as a licensed master social worker

          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  1  of  section  7704  of  the
     2  education law is REPEALED.
     3    § 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01956-01-5