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. /
Sponsor: PARKER Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION

Relates to tuition increases, leasing, contracting, and the overall daily operation at the State University of New York at Buffalo. /
Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION

Expands the definition of the practice of podiatry to include conditions of the ankle and all soft tissue structures of the leg below the knee anatomically affecting the foot and ankle; establishes podiatrists licensed prior to the effective date of this act need to be certified to operate on the ankle; provides for the conducting of office based surgery by podiatrists; directs the department of health to study the feasibility of a podiatrist profiling program; authorizes the calling of a physician as an expert witness in a podiatric medical malpractice cause of action. /
Sponsor: LIBOUS Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION

Creates the New York DREAM fund commission, which shall be committed to advancing the educational opportunities of children of immigrants through scholarship programs that provide assistance with the costs of higher education; makes family tuition accounts available to account owners who provide a valid taxpayer identification number. /
Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION

Authorizes and directs the board of regents and the state education department to conduct a comprehensive study of nursing education programs across the state and develop a model for improved articulation of the education program for career mobility from one classification to another in the field of nursing; enacts the "Development of Model for Articulation and Career Mobility Act". /
Sponsor: MONTGOMERY Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION

Requires registered professional nurses to attain a baccalaureate degree in nursing within ten years of their initial licensure; provides exemptions for those currently licensed or enrolled in nursing programs. /
Sponsor: ALESI Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION

Grants eligibility for student financial aid to persons granted deferred action for childhood arrival status and to certain non-residents of the state. /
Sponsor: RULES COM Moya Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION

Provides for the licensure of dietitians and nutritionists; defines the practice thereof. /
Sponsor: LAVALLE Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION

Requires institutions of higher education to disclose the average dollar amount of institutional aid awarded to students. /
Sponsor: Rivera P Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION

Requires institutions of higher education to disclose the average dollar amount of institutional aid awarded to students. /
Sponsor: LAVALLE Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION

Requires cultural awareness and competence training for all medical professionals as part of their licensing requirements; requires biennial training in the non-discriminatory provision of medical services for physicians, physician assistants, dentists, dental hygienists, registered and licensed practical nurses, podiatrists, and optometrists; authorizes the department of education to develop the training in consultation with the department of health and other experts; provides for documentation and exemption from the requirements; provides for a public education program on minority health; appropriates $100,000 therefor. /
Sponsor: Rivera P Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION

Requires every institution of higher education in the state to interview students who withdraw to determine whether such withdrawal is the result of credit card debt incurred by the student; requires such institutions to annually report to the governor, temporary president of the senate and speaker of the assembly on the number of students who withdraw because of credit card debt; requires that course of instruction on the implications of establishing a bad credit rating be given to newly entering students; requires such institutions to regulate the conduct of issuers of credit cards while on campus. /
Sponsor: Rivera P Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION

Amends provisions regarding prescriptions for and supervision over student housing and safety by councils of SUNY state-operated institutions: provides that councils shall (in prescribing for and exercising supervision over student housing and safety) explicitly provide for training for campus security and other institutional personnel, including campus disciplinary or judicial boards, that addresses issues of rape, sexual harassment and other gender-motivated offenses; the development of support services and programs, including medical or psychological counseling, specifically targeted to assist victims of rape or other gender-related offenses; the creation, dissemination and provision of assistance and information about options available to such victims regarding the bringing of disciplinary or other legal action; and implementation of rape education and prevention programs; defines gender-motivated offense. /
Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION

Amends provisions regarding prescriptions for and supervision over student housing and safety by councils of SUNY state-operated institutions: provides that councils shall (in prescribing for and exercising supervision over student housing and safety) explicitly provide for training for campus security and other institutional personnel, including campus disciplinary or judicial boards, that addresses issues of rape, sexual harassment and other gender-motivated offenses; the development of support services and programs, including medical or psychological counseling, specifically targeted to assist victims of rape or other gender-related offenses; the creation, dissemination and provision of assistance and information about options available to such victims regarding the bringing of disciplinary or other legal action; and implementation of rape education and prevention programs; defines gender-motivated offense. /
Sponsor: Rivera P Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION

Relates to course work or training in early recognition of and intervention for eating disorders. /
Sponsor: Rivera P Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION

Phases out and eliminates state aid for certain independent institutions of higher learning (Bundy aid); transfers the monies saved to the state university of New York and the city university of New York to facilitate student retention and success. /
Sponsor: Rivera P Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION

Establishes the office for diversity and educational equity within the state university of New York administration. /
Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION

Establishes the office for diversity and educational equity within the state university of New York administration. /
Sponsor: Rivera P Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION

Requires thirty-six hours of mandatory continuing education for mental health practitioners during each triennial registration period; makes related provisions. /
Sponsor: ROBACH Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION

Establishes the nursing education expansion program, including faculty development program, capital facility program and the recruitment and promotion program; creates regents nursing shortage scholarships; provides for county matching awards for professional education in nursing; establishes the "nursing faculty development program fund", the "nursing capital facilities program fund", the "recruitment and promotion program fund", and the "county match awards for professional education in nursing fund"; appropriates $25,620,000 therefor. /
Sponsor: Crouch Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION