New York S 4279: Allows a person with a master's of social work degree who meets certain requirements to file to be licensed within one year of the effective date of this act

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S04279 Summary:

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Allows a person with a master's of social work degree who meets certain requirements to file to be licensed within one year after the effective date of this act.

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02/03/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4279

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 3, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. PARKER, BAILEY -- 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 the practice of
 licensed social workers

 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 7707 of the education law, as
 2 amended by chapter 230 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 2. Any person who possesses a master's of social work degree on the
 5 effective date of this section, who has five years of post-graduate
 6 social work employment and meets the requirements for a license pursuant
 7 to this article, except for examination, and who files with the depart-
 8 ment within one year [of] after the effective date of [this section] the
 9 chapter of the laws of two thousand twenty-five which amended this
 10 subdivision, shall be licensed as a licensed master social worker.
 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08026-01-5

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