New York S 8165: Relates 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

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S08165 Summary:

BILL NOS08165 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00832

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SPONSORSTAVISKY

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COSPNSR

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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 NOS08165 

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05/16/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

05/05/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8165

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed 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
 23 a ratio of one clinical, non-student mental health staff member per one
 24 thousand full-time equivalent students. Two years after the effective

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

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

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