A09560 Summary:
| BILL NO | A09560 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | Berger |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §7705, Ed L | |
| Provides limited work permits for students in a master of social work program; establishes policies and procedures for such work permit. | |
A09560 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9560 IN ASSEMBLY January 14, 2026 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BERGER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing limited work permits to certain graduate social work students The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "building retention and internship-to-degree graduate employment 3 (BRIDGE) act". 4 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 7705 of the education law is renumbered 5 subdivision 3 and a new subdivision 2 is added to read as follows: 6 2. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, an appli- 7 cant who has completed at least four hundred fifty hours of the field 8 work component in a master of social work program registered by the 9 department may apply for a limited permit in accordance with this subdi- 10 vision. 11 (b) Such limited permit shall: 12 (i) be issued upon submission of an application prescribed by the 13 department; 14 (ii) require certification, on such application, by a supervisor 15 licensed and qualified under this article, attesting that the supervisor 16 agrees to oversee the permittee and authorizes the permittee to continue 17 providing care within the supervisor's practice or agency upon issuance 18 of the limited permit; 19 (iii) become effective immediately upon the applicant's graduation 20 from the master of social work program; and 21 (iv) authorize the permittee to practice only under the supervision of 22 such supervisor and only in accordance with the commissioner's regu- 23 lations. 24 (c) Limited permits issued under this subdivision shall be valid for 25 the same period as a limited permit issued in subdivision one of this 26 section. 27 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 28 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14302-02-5