New York A 9560: Enacts the "building retention and internship-to-degree graduate employment (BRIDGE) act"

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A09560 Summary:

BILL NOA09560A

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SAME ASSAME AS S09124

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SPONSORBerger

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §7705, Ed L

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Enacts the "building retention and internship-to-degree graduate employment (BRIDGE) act"; provides limited work permits for students in a master of social work program; establishes policies and procedures for such work permit.

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BILL NOA09560A

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01/14/2026referred to higher education

01/28/2026amend (t) and recommit to higher education

01/28/2026print number 9560a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9560--A

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BERGER -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Higher Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the "building
 retention and internship-to-degree graduate employment (BRIDGE) 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 "building retention and internship-to-degree graduate employment
 3 (BRIDGE) act".
 4 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 7705 of the education law is renumbered
 5 subdivision 3 and a new subdivision 2 is added to read as follows:
 6 2. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, an appli-
 7 cant who has completed at least four hundred fifty hours of the field
 8 work component in a master of social work program registered by the
 9 department may apply for a limited permit in accordance with the
 10 provisions of this subdivision.
 11 (b) Such limited permit shall:
 12 (i) be issued upon submission of an application prescribed by the
 13 department;
 14 (ii) require certification, on such application, by a supervisor
 15 licensed and qualified under this article, attesting that the supervisor
 16 agrees to oversee the permittee and authorizes the permittee to continue
 17 providing care within the supervisor's practice or agency upon issuance
 18 of the limited permit;
 19 (iii) become effective immediately upon the applicant's graduation
 20 from the master of social work program; and
 21 (iv) authorize the permittee to practice only under the supervision of
 22 such supervisor and only in accordance with the commissioner's regu-
 23 lations.
 24 (c) Limited permits issued under this subdivision shall be valid for
 25 the same period as a limited permit issued in subdivision one of this
 26 section.
 27 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 28 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14302-03-6

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