New York Senate Bill S05384 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5384 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE February 21, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- 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 delivery of services that are clinical in nature The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Clause 14 of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (c) of subdivi- 2 sion 10 of section 7605 of the education law, as amended by section 2 of 3 part Y of chapter 57 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows: 4 (14) directly delivering services outlined in the service plan that 5 are not clinical in nature but have been tailored to an individual based 6 on any diagnoses such individual may have received from a licensed 7 professional, provided, however, such services that are clinical in 8 nature may be delivered by persons serving in programs under the juris- 9 diction of the department of mental hygiene, while under a level of 10 supervision by a licensed professional as determined by the appropriate 11 mental hygiene commissioner; and 12 § 2. Clause 14 of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 7 13 of section 7706 of the education law, as amended by section 4 of part Y 14 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows: 15 (14) directly delivering services outlined in the service plan that 16 are not clinical in nature but have been tailored to an individual based 17 on any diagnoses such individual may have received from a licensed 18 professional, provided, however, such services that are clinical in 19 nature may be delivered by persons serving in programs under the juris- 20 diction of the department of mental hygiene, while under a level of 21 supervision by a licensed professional as determined by the appropriate 22 mental hygiene commissioner; and 23 § 3. Clause 14 of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 8 24 of section 8410 of the education law, as amended by section 5 of part Y 25 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10085-01-5 
 S. 5384 2 1 (14) directly delivering services outlined in the service plan that 2 are not clinical in nature but have been tailored to an individual based 3 on any diagnoses such individual may have received from a licensed 4 professional, provided, however, such services that are clinical in 5 nature may be delivered by persons serving in programs under the juris- 6 diction of the department of mental hygiene, while under a level of 7 supervision by a licensed professional as determined by the appropriate 8 mental hygiene commissioner; and 9 § 4. This act shall take effect June 24, 2025.