Senate Bill S4887

2019-2020 Legislative Session

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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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S4887 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2959
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7707, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2545
2011-2012: S1486
2013-2014: S3197
2015-2016: S3982
2017-2018: S3592, A11265
2021-2022: S5213, A7169
2023-2024: S6780

2019-S4887 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2019-S4887 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S4887 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4887
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 28, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  PARKER, BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher 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:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 7707  of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  230  of  the  laws  of 2004, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2. Any person who possesses a master's of social work  degree  on  the
 effective  date  of  this  section,  who has five years of post-graduate
 social work employment and meets the requirements for a license pursuant
 to this article, except for examination, and who files with the  depart-
 ment within one year [of] AFTER the effective date of [this section] THE
 CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN WHICH AMENDED THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION, shall be licensed as a licensed master social worker.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04517-01-9

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