Requires two qualified psychiatrists to be employed by each school district to perform and coordinate the provision of mental health services in the public schools.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2288
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 16, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. BAILEY, FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring two quali-
fied psychiatrists to be employed by each school district
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 902 of the education law is
2 amended by adding a new paragraph c to read as follows:
3 c. The board of education, the trustee or board of trustees of each
4 school district, shall employ, at a compensation to be agreed upon by
5 the parties, two qualified psychiatrists as defined in section 9.01 of
6 the mental hygiene law. Such qualified psychiatrists shall perform and
7 coordinate the provision of mental health services in the public
8 schools, and provide mental health appraisals of students attending the
9 public schools in the district.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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