Bill Text: NY S02624 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that complaints brought against mental health professionals shall be commenced within ten years of the date of the last treatment of the complainant.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S02624 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S02624-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2624 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 13, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, LITTLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee 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 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05379-01-7