Bill Text: NY A10284 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates a pilot program which grants mental health practitioners the authority to diagnose mental, emotional, behavioral, addictive and developmental disorders and disabilities when working in programs operated by the United States veterans administration.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-20 - referred to higher education [A10284 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A10284-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10284
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 20, 2016
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DenDEKKER  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Higher Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to granting mental health
          practitioners the authority  to  diagnose  in  certain  United  States
          veterans  administration  facilities;  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    Section1. Section 8411 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 4 to read as follows:
     3    4.  A  program  or  facility  operated, funded, or administered by the
     4  United States veterans administration in  the  state  of  New  York  may
     5  participate  in  a pilot program that allows employees licensed pursuant
     6  to this article to diagnose mental, emotional, behavioral, addictive and
     7  developmental disorders and disabilities as well as diagnose the psycho-
     8  social aspects of  illness,  injury,  disability  and  impairment  while
     9  engaged in the performance of his or her duties.
    10    (a) To participate in the pilot program, the program or facility oper-
    11  ated,  funded,  or  administered  by the United States veterans adminis-
    12  tration must notify the department on  a  form  to  be  created  by  the
    13  department.
    14    (b)  For  the  purpose  of  this  article, diagnosis is the process of
    15  distinguishing, beyond a general  assessment,  between  similar  mental,
    16  emotional,  behavioral,  developmental  and addictive disorders, impair-
    17  ments and disabilities within a psychosocial framework on the  basis  of
    18  similar  and unique characteristics consistent with accepted classifica-
    19  tion systems.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    21  have  become  a law and shall remain in full force and effect until July
    22  1, 2018, when upon such  date  this  act  shall  expire  and  be  deemed
    23  repealed;  provided however, that effective immediately the commissioner
    24  of education is authorized to take any actions  necessary  to  implement
    25  this act on or before its effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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