Bill Text: NY S03510 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires two qualified psychiatrists to be employed by each school district to perform and coordinate the provision of mental health services in the public schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S03510 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S03510-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          3510

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 29, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring  two  quali-
          fied psychiatrists to be employed by each school district

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of  section  902  of  the  education  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph c to read as follows:
     3    c.  The  board  of education, the trustee or board of trustees of each
     4  school district, shall employ, at a compensation to be  agreed  upon  by
     5  the  parties,  two qualified psychiatrists as defined in section 9.01 of
     6  the mental hygiene law. Such qualified psychiatrists shall  perform  and
     7  coordinate  the  provision  of  mental  health  services  in  the public
     8  schools, and provide mental health appraisals of students attending  the
     9  public schools in the district.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05435-01-1
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