Requires training for teachers, administrators and instructors in the area of mental health response; requires office of mental health to assist in development of curriculum for training.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5350
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 2, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law and the mental hygiene law, in
relation to requiring training for teachers, administrators and
instructors in the area of mental health response training
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 3004 of the education law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
3 7. On and after the effective date of this subdivision, the commis-
4 sioner, in conjunction with the office of mental health, is authorized
5 and directed to require training of teachers, administrators and
6 instructors in the area of mental health response training. The commis-
7 sioner shall have the power to prescribe the necessary regulations and
8 establish such programs and training related to mental health response
9 training.
10 § 2. Section 7.07 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new
11 subdivision (i) to read as follows:
12 (i) The office of mental health shall advise and assist the commis-
13 sioner of education in developing a training curriculum for teachers,
14 administrators and instructors in the area of mental health response
15 training to meet the needs of a person experiencing mental health
16 issues.
17 § 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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