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A4102Assembly2017-2018 Session

Track Social Worker Diversity

Official title

“Relates to requiring the department of education to study and report on the self-identified ethnicity and multilingual status of all licensed social workers”

Sponsor Luis R. SepúlvedaAD-87+7 co-sponsorsAffects Education
Status
Stricken
Impact
2/10
Minimal
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Higher Education

What's happening

This bill requires the New York Department of Education to collect and report data on the ethnicity and multilingual status of licensed social workers.

Why it matters

  1. Improves understanding of workforce diversity. By collecting detailed information on the ethnicity and multilingual skills of licensed social workers, the state can better assess whether the profession reflects the diversity of New York’s population, which is important for equitable service delivery.

  2. Supports targeted recruitment and training. The data can inform efforts to recruit and retain social workers from underrepresented backgrounds and those who speak multiple languages, potentially addressing gaps in culturally and linguistically competent care.

  3. Enables accountability and informed policymaking. Annual reporting to key state leaders ensures ongoing transparency and can guide future legislation or Department of Education initiatives related to social work licensure, education, and workforce planning.

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Track Social Worker Diversity

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Luis R. Sepúlveda

Assembly Member · Assembly District 87

History

  1. Enacting clause stricken
  2. Referred to higher education
  3. Referred to higher education

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STATE OF NEW YORK

4102

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

February 1, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. SEPULVEDA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT requiring the department of education to study and report on the self-identified ethnicity and multilingual status of all licensed social workers

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

Section 1. The department of education shall prepare a comprehensive study and report on the self-identified ethnicity and multilingual status of all licensed social workers. Such data shall be collected during the licensure and re-registration process of such individuals and then compiled in an easily readable format.

§ 2. The commissioner of education shall provide such report to the governor, temporary president of the senate and speaker of the assembly no later than one year after the effective date of this act. Such report shall be updated and delivered annually for a total of five years.

§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD08067-01-7

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