New York S 3983: Enacts the "New York City Training And Comprehension of Trauma in Children (TACTIC) Act"

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S03983 Summary:

BILL NOS03983 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07453

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SPONSORPARKER

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COSPNSRBAILEY, JACKSON, SEPULVEDA

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §7.51, Ment Hyg L; add Title 21-A Chap 8-A §21-970, NYC Ad Cd

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Enacts the "New York City Training And Comprehension of Trauma in Children (TACTIC) Act"; establishes the TACTIC council; provides for a trauma informed care training program to teachers in schools located in the city of New York; creates a department of child trauma informed care to assist with parenting workshops, to assign trauma informed care specialists to schools and to report to the TACTIC council regarding child trauma informed care provided to schools in the city of New York.

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BILL NOS03983 

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01/31/2025REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3983

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 31, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. PARKER, BAILEY, JACKSON, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Mental Health

 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law and the administrative code of
 the city of New York, in relation to enacting the "New York City
 Training and Comprehension of Trauma in Children (TACTIC) Act"

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "New York City Training and Comprehension of Trauma in Children
 3 (TACTIC) Act".
 4 § 2. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section 7.51 to
 5 read as follows:
 6 § 7.51 New York city training and comprehension of trauma in children
 7 (TACTIC) council.
 8 (a) For purposes of this section the following terms shall have the
 9 following meanings:
 10 1. "Trauma informed care" shall mean trauma informed care as described
 11 by the substance abuse and mental health services administration of the
 12 United States department of health and human services, or any successor
 13 agency, department, or governmental entity.
 14 2. "Teacher" shall mean all persons engaged in classroom teaching of
 15 students, on a full-time or part-time basis, including but not limited
 16 to, instructors, counselors, assistants or aides.
 17 (b) (i) There is hereby established within the office a New York city
 18 training and comprehension of trauma in children (TACTIC) council.
 19 (ii) The TACTIC council shall consist of eight members, four of whom
 20 shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly and four of whom shall
 21 be appointed by the temporary president of the senate. Of the four
 22 members appointed by the speaker of the assembly, one shall be a pedia-
 23 trician, one shall be a child psychologist and two shall be trauma

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01260-01-5

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 1 informed care specialists. Of the four members appointed by the tempo-
 2 rary president of the senate, one shall be a behavioral health special-
 3 ist, one shall be a neurologist and two shall be trauma informed care
 4 specialists.
 5 (iii) The office, in conjunction with the TACTIC council and the New
 6 York city department of child trauma informed care shall:
 7 (1) provide an annual trauma informed care training program to teach-
 8 ers in schools located in the city of New York. Such program shall
 9 include training and instruction led by a district trauma informed care
 10 specialist, including, but not be limited to, understanding the effects
 11 of trauma on students, recognizing the signs and symptoms of trauma in
 12 students and learning best practices for assisting and supporting
 13 students who are experiencing or have experienced trauma;
 14 (2) establish a mandatory trauma informed care certification program
 15 for teachers. Such program shall be conducted through an online platform
 16 over a span of six to nine months; and
 17 (3) establish, in conjunction with the department of child trau