New York A 9379: Establishes a master of social work paid field practicum pilot program

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A09379 Summary:

BILL NOA09379B

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SAME ASSAME AS S07894-A

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SPONSORSimon

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COSPNSRBerger, Lupardo, Steck, Tapia, Levenberg, Eachus, Bichotte Hermelyn, Sayegh, Zaccaro, Lee

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §7.51, Ment Hyg L

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Establishes a master of social work paid field practicum pilot program to provide a stipend to students who are enrolled in a master of social work program for the first 450 hours of field practicum completed towards such masters' degree; requires the office of mental health to complete a report making recommendations on how to expand the pilot program to increase the number of social workers in the state, improve representation in the field of social work, mitigate student debt and improve labor conditions for social workers upon graduation.

Go to top A09379 Actions:

BILL NOA09379B

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12/19/2025referred to mental health

01/07/2026referred to mental health

03/05/2026amend (t) and recommit to mental health

03/05/2026print number 9379a

03/10/2026reported referred to ways and means

06/01/2026amend and recommit to ways and means

06/01/2026print number 9379b

Go to topA09379 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:MENTAL HEALTH Chair:Simon 
DATE:03/10/2026AYE/NAY:12/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means SimonAyeSempolinskiAye

SantabarbaraAyeBrownAye

JacksonAyeBaileyAye

GibbsExcusedSmithAye

De Los SantosAye

EachusAye

BergerAye

Chandler-WatermAye

TapiaAye

Go to topA09379 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA09379 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9379--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 December 19, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, BERGER, LUPARDO, STECK, TAPIA, LEVENBERG,
 EACHUS, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, SAYEGH, ZACCARO -- read once and referred
 to the Committee on Mental Health -- recommitted to the Committee on
 Mental Health in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways
 and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to establishing a
 master of social work paid field practicum pilot program

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

 1 Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section
 2 7.51 to read as follows:
 3 § 7.51 Master of social work paid field practicum pilot program.
 4 (a) The office shall establish and administer a master of social work
 5 paid field practicum pilot program to provide stipends, within appropri-
 6 ations therefor, to students who are enrolled in a master of social work
 7 program at a program registered by the state education department and
 8 accredited by the Council of Social Work Education, and who are required
 9 to perform services as part of the field practicum component of such
 10 program.
 11 (b) Commencing with the fall two thousand twenty-six semester, the
 12 pilot program shall provide stipends for the field practicum during the
 13 first four hundred fifty hours of field practicum for students complet-
 14 ing a required field practicum component as part of their course of
 15 study in a master of social work program.
 16 (1) Such pilot program shall be available to all students who:
 17 (i) are enrolled in a master of social work program in accordance with
 18 subdivision (a) of this section; and
 19 (ii) perform their field practicum in New York state.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10427-09-6

 A. 9379--B 2

 1 (2) Students who are eligible for this pilot program shall receive a
 2 stipend of four thousand five hundred dollars, at a rate of ten dollars
 3 per hour, while completing their first four hundred fifty hours of a
 4 field practicum as part of their required field practicum component.
 5 Such stipend shall be distributed monthly and shall automatically renew
 6 annually until either the student completes four hundred fifty hours of
 7 a field practicum or the end of the