A05135 Summary:
| BILL NO | A05135 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS S00253 |
| SPONSOR | Solages |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §421, Soc Serv L | |
| Provides all child protective service employees with supportive mental health services and resources. | |
A05135 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5135 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 12, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Children and Families 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