What's happening
This bill requires the Department of Education to collect and report data on the ethnicity and multilingual status of all licensed social workers.
Why it matters
Provides a clearer picture of diversity among licensed social workers. by requiring the collection of self-identified ethnicity and multilingual ability, which can help identify gaps or disparities in the profession.
Informs workforce planning and policy decisions. by supplying state leaders with annual data, potentially guiding targeted recruitment, training, and support initiatives for underrepresented or multilingual social workers.
Aims to improve service delivery for diverse communities. by helping policymakers and agencies understand whether the social work workforce reflects the populations they serve, especially regarding language access and cultural competency.
Creates accountability and transparency. through mandated annual reporting for five years, allowing the public and stakeholders to track progress and advocate for further changes if disparities persist.
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Study Social Worker Diversity
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History
- Referred to higher education
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
8482
IN SENATE
May 8, 2018
Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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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Title of bill
An act requiring the department of education to study and report on the self-identified ethnicity and multilingual status of all licensed social workers
Purpose or general idea of bill
This purpose of this bill is to increase the amount of information that we have regarding the demographic and linguistic break downs of social workers.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1. Mandates the department of education to prepare a comprehen- sive study and report on the self-identified ethnicity and multilingual status of all licensed social workers.
Section 2. Indicates that the report should be completed within a year and given to the Governor, temporary president of the Senate, and Speak- er of the Assembly.
Difference between original and amended version
N/A
Justification
A study and report on the self-identified study and report on self-iden- tified ethnicity and multilingual status would expand the states know- ledge of the different communities that our social workers are being pulled from. There is a connection between the services offered by the state and cultural and linguistic accessibility to those services. A study would allow us to know if we are correctly and thoroughly serving our community with social services. A study would allow us to identify demographic imbalances that may hinder the communication between our social workers and New Yorkers in need of the service.
Prior legislative history
2016: A.9924 - Referred to Higher Education
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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