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A00832 Summary:

BILL NOA00832 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08165

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SPONSORForrest

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COSPNSRRaga, Gallagher, Shrestha, Gonzalez-Rojas, Alvarez, Colton, Jackson, Maher, Tapia, Cruz, Levenberg

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§355 & 6206, Ed L

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Requires at least a ratio of one clinical, non-student mental health staff member per one thousand students on all SUNY and CUNY campuses and for state colleges and universities to update such ratio every five years.

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BILL NOA00832 

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01/08/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 832

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. FORREST, RAGA, GALLAGHER, SHRESTHA, GONZALEZ-RO-
 JAS, ALVAREZ, COLTON, JACKSON, MAHER -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring at least a
 ratio of one clinical, non-student mental health staff member per one
 thousand students on all SUNY and CUNY campuses

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 22 to read as follows:
 3 22. Through on-campus capacity, each state college or university
 4 center of the state university of New York and each state college and
 5 university center of the city university of New York shall have at least
 6 a ratio of one clinical, non-student mental health staff member per one
 7 thousand full-time equivalent students. Two years after the effective
 8 date of this subdivision, and once every five years thereafter, each
 9 state college and university shall establish a board of advisors and
 10 experts and have such board update such ratio based on actual ratios in
 11 this state and any new information related to appropriate benchmarks for
 12 clinician-to-student ratios; provided, however, such updated ratio shall
 13 be at least a ratio of one clinical, non-student mental health staff
 14 member per one thousand students. This subdivision shall not be funded
 15 by student fees created on or after the effective date of this subdivi-
 16 sion. State colleges or universities may seek federal funding or private
 17 grants, if available, to support the provisions of this subdivision.
 18 § 2. Section 6206 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 19 subdivision 24 to read as follows:
 20 24. Through on-campus capacity, each state college or university
 21 center of the state university of New York and each state college and
 22 university center of the city university of New York shall have at least

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02074-01-5

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 1 a ratio of one clinical, non-student mental health staff member per one
 2 thousand full-time equivalent students. Two years after the effective
 3 date of this subdivision, and once every five years thereafter, each
 4 state college and university shall establish a board of advisors and
 5 experts and have such board update such ratio based on actual ratios in
 6 this state and any new information related to appropriate benchmarks for
 7 clinician-to-student ratios; provided, however, such updated ratio shall
 8 be at least a ratio of one clinical, non-student mental health staff
 9 member per one thousand students. This subdivision shall not be funded
 10 by student fees created on or after the effective date of this subdivi-
 11 sion. State colleges or universities may seek federal funding or private
 12 grants, if available, to support the provisions of this subdivision.
 13 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 14 the date on which it shall have become a law.

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