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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.
                                                                  LBD03145-01-5