Bill Text: NY S06378 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the delivery of services that are clinical in nature by persons serving in programs under the jurisdiction of the department of mental hygiene, while under a level of supervision by a licensed professional as determined by the appropriate mental hygiene commissioner.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-11 - PRINT NUMBER 6378A [S06378 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S06378-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6378--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 26, 2021
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        Introduced  by  Sens. HARCKHAM, BROUK -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher  Education
          -- recommitted to the Committee on Higher Education in accordance with
          Senate  Rule  6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  the  delivery  of
          services that are clinical in nature

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Clause 14 of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (c) of subdivi-
     2  sion 10 of section 7605 of the education law, as amended by section 2 of
     3  part Y of chapter 57 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (14) directly delivering services outlined in the  service  plan  that
     5  are not clinical in nature but have been tailored to an individual based
     6  on  any  diagnoses  such  individual  may  have received from a licensed
     7  professional, provided, however, such  services  that  are  clinical  in
     8  nature  may be delivered by persons serving in programs under the juris-
     9  diction of the department of mental hygiene,  while  under  a  level  of
    10  supervision  by a licensed professional as determined by the appropriate
    11  mental hygiene commissioner; and
    12    § 2. Clause 14 of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision  7
    13  of  section 7706 of the education law, as amended by section 4 of part Y
    14  of chapter 57 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
    15    (14) directly delivering services outlined in the  service  plan  that
    16  are not clinical in nature but have been tailored to an individual based
    17  on  any  diagnoses  such  individual  may  have received from a licensed
    18  professional, provided, however, such  services  that  are  clinical  in
    19  nature  may be delivered by persons serving in programs under the juris-
    20  diction of the department of mental hygiene,  while  under  a  level  of
    21  supervision  by a licensed professional as determined by the appropriate
    22  mental hygiene commissioner; and

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11070-02-2
        S. 6378--A                          2

     1    § 3. Clause 14 of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision  8
     2  of  section 8410 of the education law, as amended by section 5 of part Y
     3  of chapter 57 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (14)  directly  delivering  services outlined in the service plan that
     5  are not clinical in nature but have been tailored to an individual based
     6  on any diagnoses such individual  may  have  received  from  a  licensed
     7  professional,  provided,  however,  such  services  that are clinical in
     8  nature may be delivered by persons serving in programs under the  juris-
     9  diction  of  the  department  of  mental hygiene, while under a level of
    10  supervision by a licensed professional as determined by the  appropriate
    11  mental hygiene commissioner; and
    12    § 4. This act shall take effect June 24, 2022.