Bill Text: NY A03227 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 3227 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires at least one full-time licensed social worker to be employed in each elementary, intermediate, middle and junior high school throughout the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to education [A03227 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A03227-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3227
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 24, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ORTIZ,  JACOBS,  WEISENBERG, COOK, ROBINSON,
         BOYLAND -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  CUSICK  --  read  once  and
         referred to the Committee on Education
       AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to requiring a licensed
         social worker in each elementary, intermediate,  middle,  junior  high
         and senior high school
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  803-b
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S  803-B. SOCIAL WORKERS LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR
    4  OF THE EDUCATION  LAW  REQUIRED  IN  ELEMENTARY,  INTERMEDIATE,  MIDDLE,
    5  JUNIOR HIGH AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS.  THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OR TRUSTEES
    6  OF EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE SHALL ON AND AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO
    7  THOUSAND  THIRTEEN EMPLOY AT LEAST ONE LICENSED SOCIAL WORKER IN EACH OF
    8  THE SCHOOLS UNDER THEIR JURISDICTION EXCLUSIVE  OF  ANY  SOCIAL  WORKERS
    9  FUNDED  OR  MANDATED  THROUGH  ANY SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING, AID, REGU-
   10  LATION OR STATUTE.   SUCH LICENSED  SOCIAL  WORKER  SHALL  PERFORM  SUCH
   11  DUTIES WITHIN THEIR LAWFUL SCOPE OF PRACTICE.
   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.
                                                                  LBD06854-01-3