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S01720 Summary:

BILL NO	S01720
SAME AS	SAME AS UNI. A01734
SPONSOR	LAVALLE
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd S6509, Ed L
Provides that complaints brought against mental health professionals shall be commenced within ten years of the date of the last treatment of the complainant.

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S01720 Actions:

BILL NO	S01720
01/11/2011	REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
04/12/2011	1ST REPORT CAL.379
04/13/2011	2ND REPORT CAL.
05/02/2011	ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
06/24/2011	COMMITTED TO RULES
01/04/2012	REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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S01720 Floor Votes:

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S01720 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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            S. 1720                                                  A. 1734
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                SENATE - ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 11, 2011
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        IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Educa-
          tion
 
        IN  ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. MORELLE -- read once and referred
          to the Committee on Higher Education
 

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the statute of limita-
          tions for professional misconduct for mental health professionals
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section  6509 of the education law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 15 to read as follows:
     3    (15) Notwithstanding any other provision of  law,  all  complaints  of
     4  professional  misconduct  brought  against  a mental health professional
     5  licensed pursuant  to  article  one  hundred  fifty-three,  one  hundred
     6  fifty-four  or  one hundred sixty-three of this title shall be commenced
     7  within ten years of the date of the last treatment of  the  complainant.

     8  In cases involving the treatment of children under the age of twenty-one
     9  years,  all  complaints  of  professional  misconduct shall be commenced
    10  within ten years after the complainant reaches  the  age  of  twenty-one
    11  years.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05236-01-1

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