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A05527 Summary:

A05527 Actions:

A05527 Committee Votes:

Committee:ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE   Chair:Steck      
DATE:05/24/2021AYE/NAY:14/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Steck
Aye
Brown
Aye
Quart
Aye
DeStefano
Aye
Stirpe
Aye
Durso
Aye
Davila
Aye
Gandolfo
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Fernandez
Aye
Griffin
Aye
Reyes
Aye
Gallagher
Aye
Jackson
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Gottfried      
DATE:05/25/2021AYE/NAY:29/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Nolan
Excused
Giglio
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Norris
Aye
Cook
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Glick
Aye
Ra
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Dickens
Aye
Davila
Aye

A05527 Floor Votes:

A05527 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         5527--A
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 19, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. WILLIAMS, FORREST -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse  --  committee  discharged,
          bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
          committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to approved  courses
          of study or equivalent on-the-job experience for counselors
 
          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: providing  trauma-in-
    12  formed,  patient-centered  care;  referring  individuals  to appropriate
    13  treatments for co-occurring disorders; and  sensitivity  training.  Such
    14  courses shall be updated as needed to reflect evolving best practices in
    15  harm  reduction,  treatment  and long-term recovery. For the purposes of
    16  this paragraph, sensitivity training shall mean a form of training  with
    17  the  goal  of  making people more aware of their own prejudices and more
    18  sensitive to others.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    20  it shall have become a law.
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03317-02-1