New York S 7007: Relates to requiring mental health first aid training for licensed cosmetologists and barbers

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S07007 Summary:

BILL NOS07007 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07548-A

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SPONSORBYNOE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §§408-c & 436-a, Gen Bus L

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Establishes a mandatory mental health first aid training program for licensed cosmetologists and barbers.

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BILL NOS07007 

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03/28/2025REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

06/09/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/09/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1700

06/09/2025PASSED SENATE

06/09/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/09/2025referred to economic development

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

05/12/20261ST REPORT CAL.1106

05/13/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/14/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/19/2026PASSED SENATE

05/19/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/19/2026referred to economic development

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7007

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BYNOE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to establishing a
 mental health first aid training program for licensed cosmetologists
 and barbers

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. It shall be the intent of this legisla-
 2 ture to promote the general health, safety, and welfare of the residents
 3 of the state by requiring beauty professionals who provide services
 4 directly to the public to undergo training in the provision of mental
 5 health first aid. Beauty professionals interact with the public daily,
 6 build relationships with their clients, and have a strong connection to
 7 the community they live and work in.
 8 It is the judgment of this legislature that prompt and effective first
 9 aid for mental illness should be a top priority for the state. Mental
 10 health first aid training is customarily an eight-hour course of
 11 instruction which educates participants in the methods of effectively
 12 recognizing, identifying, understanding and responding to signs and
 13 behavioral manifestations of mental illness and substance abuse disor-
 14 ders. This legislature recognizes that mental health illnesses and
 15 substance abuse disorders often go undetected, and as such, beauty
 16 professionals who have frequent contact with the community that they
 17 work in should receive mental health first aid training to potentially
 18 avert tragedies attributable to suicidal, harmful or aggressive behav-
 19 iors related to mental illness, reduce the stigma of mental health
 20 issues, and de-escalate and refer individuals who are suffering from a
 21 mental illness to receive the medical and emotional care and support
 22 they need.
 23 § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 408-c
 24 to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11184-02-5

 S. 7007 2

 1 § 408-c. Mental health first aid training. 1. All licensees and appli-
 2 cants for a license or renewal pursuant to this article shall be
 3 required to receive eight hours of a mental health first aid training
 4 program, as detailed in subdivision two of this section.
 5 2. The mental health first aid training program shall be an eight-hour
 6 course specifically designed to educate individuals eighteen years and
 7 older in effective approaches to assisting such individuals experiencing
 8 a mental health related crisis or problem such as anxiety, depression,
 9 psychosis, and addiction. Additionally, such program shall be designed
 10 to include, but, not be limited to accomplishing the following objec-
 11 tives: recognizing the symptoms of common mental illnesses and substance
 12 abuse disorders, de-escalating crisis situations safely and initiating
 13 timely referral to mental health and substance abuse resources available
 14 in the community. Upon completion of t