Relates to requiring counselors to have certain courses of study or equivalent on-the-job experience including on providing trauma-informed, patient-centered care, treating co-occurring disorders and sensitivity training.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1063--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 10, 2019
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Introduced by Sens. PERSAUD, PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and
Drug Abuse -- recommitted to the Committee on Alcoholism and Substance
Abuse in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- 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; treating co-occurring disorders; and
13 sensitivity training. Such courses shall be updated as needed to reflect
14 evolving best practices in harm reduction, treatment and long-term
15 recovery. For the purposes of this paragraph, sensitivity training shall
16 mean a form of training with the goal of making people more aware of
17 their own prejudices and more sensitive to others.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
19 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00847-02-0
