New York A 7877: Requires two qualified psychiatrists to be employed by each school district

Bill Text

STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7877
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      July 7, 2023
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        Introduced  by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring  two  quali-
          fied psychiatrists to be employed by each school district
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of  section  902  of  the  education  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph c to read as follows:
     3    c.  The  board  of education, the trustee or board of trustees of each
     4  school district, shall employ, at a compensation to be  agreed  upon  by
     5  the  parties,  two qualified psychiatrists as defined in section 9.01 of
     6  the mental hygiene law. Such qualified psychiatrists shall  perform  and
     7  coordinate  the  provision  of  mental  health  services  in  the public
     8  schools, and provide mental health appraisals of students attending  the
     9  public schools in the district.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in  (underscored) is new; matter in bracketsitalics
                              [] is old law to be omitted. 
                                                                   LBD05079-01-3