Relates to requiring the commissioner of the department of civil service to prepare a report on civil service titles which require an appointee to possess a license and current registration as a mental health practitioner in one or more professions under article 163 of the education law.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7044
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 31, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. LANZA, PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and
Pensions
AN ACT to require the commissioner of the department of civil service to
prepare a report on certain civil service titles
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The commissioner of the department of civil service shall
2 prepare a report on civil service titles requiring licensure under arti-
3 cle 163 of the education law. Such report shall include, but not be
4 limited to:
5 (a) an identification of all titles in the civil service which require
6 an appointee to possess a license and current registration as a mental
7 health practitioner in one or more professions under article 163 of the
8 education law, and the description of such titles;
9 (b) the salary grade of such titles and a determination of whether,
10 based on board certification requirements, duties, and education and
11 experience levels, such salary grades are appropriate; and
12 (c) a determination as to whether such current civil service titles
13 and career ladders are appropriate.
14 § 2. The commissioner is authorized to conduct this report in conjunc-
15 tion with any other reports being developed by the department of civil
16 service. The commissioner shall submit such report to the governor, the
17 temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the
18 minority leader of the senate, and the minority leader of the assembly
19 on or before December 31, 2027.
20 § 3. 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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