New York S 3627: Requires training for teachers and administrators in the area of mental health response training

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S03627 Summary:

BILL NOS03627A

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SAME ASSAME AS A03041-A

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SPONSORFERNANDEZ

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COSPNSRCLEARE, MARTINEZ, SALAZAR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §3004, Ed L; amd §7.07, Ment Hyg L

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Requires training for teachers and administrators in the area of mental health response; requires office of mental health to assist in development of curriculum for training.

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BILL NOS03627A

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01/29/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

02/09/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION

02/09/2026PRINT NUMBER 3627A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3627--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 29, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. FERNANDEZ, MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered print-
 ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education --
 recommitted to the Committee on Education in accordance with Senate
 Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law and the mental hygiene law, in
 relation to requiring training for teachers and administrators in the
 area of mental health response training

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

 1 Section 1. Section 3004 of the education law is amended by adding two
 2 new subdivisions 7 and 8 to read as follows:
 3 7. No later than twelve months after the effective date of this subdi-
 4 vision, the commissioner, in conjunction with the office of mental
 5 health, shall require the training of teachers and administrators in the
 6 area of mental health response training. Such mental health response
 7 training shall include instruction in:
 8 a. the recognition of the signs and symptoms of present or developing
 9 mental health crises or illnesses;
 10 b. the appropriate response to mental health crises including but not
 11 limited to attempted suicide or suicidal ideation, the threat or prac-
 12 tice of self-harm or harm to others, substance use disorders,
 13 depression, anxiety and panic attacks, and other mental health crises or
 14 illnesses as determined by the commissioner;
 15 c. identifying and sharing information with students and with individ-
 16 uals the student identifies as part of their support system and provides
 17 their consent to engage with, as determined by the commissioner but
 18 which shall include but not be limited to, about mental health profes-
 19 sionals, services and resources, the role of familial and social
 20 supports for the prevention, treatment, and recovery from mental
 21 illness.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00048-07-6

 S. 3627--A 2

 1 8. Mental health response training shall not include training in the
 2 diagnosis, treatment, or counseling of students, peers, or members of
 3 the community. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to allow a
 4 person to provide any service for which a license, registration, certif-
 5 ication or other authorization under title eight of this chapter is
 6 required and which the person does not possess. The commissioner is
 7 authorized to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to establish
 8 such training pursuant to this section.
 9 § 2. Section 7.07 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new
 10 subdivision (i) to read as follows:
 11 (i) The office of mental health shall advise and assist the commis-
 12 sioner of education in developing a training outline for teachers and
 13 administrators in the area of mental health response training as
 14 described in section three thousand four of the education law.
 15 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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