New York Senate Bill S00253 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 253 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MARTINEZ, HELMING, MURRAY, PALUMBO, RHOADS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to providing all child protective services employees with supportive mental health services and resources The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 421 of the social services law is amended by adding 2 a new subdivision 9 to read as follows: 3 9. provide all child protective services employees with supportive 4 mental health services and resources including but not limited to eye 5 movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), vicarious and second- 6 ary trauma treatment and other forms of therapy, counseling, and infor- 7 mation as needed to support the health and wellbeing of such employees. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01095-01-5