STATE OF NEW YORK
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5824
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 2, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to sensitivity
training
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (d) of section 19.07 of the
2 mental hygiene law, as amended by section 5 of part I of chapter 58 of
3 the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
4 (1) The office shall establish minimum qualifications for counselors
5 in all phases of delivery of services to persons and their families who
6 are suffering from alcohol and/or substance abuse and/or chemical
7 dependence and/or compulsive gambling that shall include, but not be
8 limited to, completion of approved courses of study or equivalent
9 on-the-job experience in alcoholism and substance abuse counseling
10 and/or counseling of compulsive gambling. Such approved courses of study
11 or equivalent on-the-job experience shall include sensitivity training.
12 For the purposes of this paragraph, sensitivity training shall mean a
13 form of training with the goal of making people more aware of their own
14 prejudices and more sensitive to others.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10469-01-7
