Bill Text: NY S06516 | 2019-2020 | 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) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S06516 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S06516-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6516 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE June 14, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules 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. LBD08665-01-9
