New York S 5612: Authorizes occupational therapy services to be provided in school to certain students

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S05612 Summary:

BILL NOS05612 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05474

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SPONSORADDABBO

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COSPNSRCANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, CLEARE, GALLIVAN, LANZA, MATTERA, SCARCELLA-SPANTON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§912 & 305, add §912-c, Ed L

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Authorizes occupational therapy services to be provided in school to students in grades pre-kindergarten through twelve with occupational impairments of a severity that does not adversely affect the student's educational performance but does present a barrier to functioning at home or in the community; directs the commissioner to promulgate rules and regulations for the provision of such occupational therapy services.

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BILL NOS05612 

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02/25/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5612

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing occupa-
 tional therapy services to be provided in school to certain students

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

 1 Section 1. Section 912 of the education law, as amended by chapter 477
 2 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 912. Health and welfare services to all children. The voters and/or
 4 trustees or board of education of every school district shall, upon
 5 request of the authorities of a school other than public, provide resi-
 6 dent children who attend such school with any or all of the health and
 7 welfare services and facilities which are made available by such voters
 8 and/or trustees or board of education to or for children attending the
 9 public schools of the district. Such services may include, but are not
 10 limited to all services performed by a physician, physician assistant,
 11 dentist, dental hygienist, registered professional nurse, nurse practi-
 12 tioner, school psychologist, school social worker [or], school speech
 13 therapist, or school occupational therapist, and may also include dental
 14 prophylaxis, vision and hearing screening examinations, the taking of
 15 medical histories and the administration of health screening tests, the
 16 maintenance of cumulative health records and the administration of emer-
 17 gency care programs for ill or injured students. Any such services or
 18 facilities shall be so provided notwithstanding any provision of any
 19 charter or other provision of law inconsistent herewith. Where children
 20 residing in one school district attend a school other than public
 21 located in another school district, the school authorities of the
 22 district of residence shall contract with the school authorities of the
 23 district where such nonpublic school is located, for the provision of
 24 such health and welfare services and facilities to such children by the
 25 school district where such nonpublic school is located, for a consider-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09210-01-5

 S. 5612 2

 1 ation to be agreed upon between the school authorities of such
 2 districts, subject to the approval of the qualified voters of the
 3 district of residence when required under the provisions of this chap-
 4 ter. Every such contract shall be in writing and in the form prescribed
 5 by the commissioner, and before such contract is executed the same shall
 6 be submitted for approval to the superintendent of schools having juris-
 7 diction over such district of residence and such contract shall not
 8 become effective until approved by such superintendent.
 9 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 912-c to
 10 read as follows:
 11 § 912-c. Occupational therapy services. 1. For the purposes of this
 12 section, "occupational therapy services" means screening, evaluation,
 13 consultation, treatment and other interventions delivered by an