What's happening
This bill updates the qualifications and licensing requirements for school-based health centers in New York State.
Why it matters
Redefines the required structure for school-based health centers. , removing the mandate for a specific multi-disciplinary onsite team (mid-level practitioner, mental health counselor, medical assistant) and instead requiring centers to be licensed or sponsored by a facility under the public health law and approved by the Department of Health.
Provides more flexibility for how school-based health centers are staffed and organized. , potentially making it easier for schools, especially in underserved or rural areas, to establish or maintain health centers without rigid staff composition requirements.
Removes the requirement for 24/7 access to health care through these centers. , which could impact the availability of round-the-clock services for students and families, but may also reduce operational burdens or costs for providers.
Links school-based health center operations more closely to state health regulations. , which could improve oversight, standardization, and integration with the broader healthcare system in New York State.
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Update School Health Centers Rules
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Update School Health Centers
In Senate Committee · Finance · Sponsor Velmanette Montgomery
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1969
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 18, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the school-based health centers fund
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 99-bb of the state finance law, as added by chapter 293 of the laws of 2018, is renumbered section 99-ff.
§ 2. The closing paragraph of subdivision 7 of section 99-ff of the state finance law, as added by chapter 293 of the laws of 2018 and such section as renumbered by section one of this act, is amended to read as follows:
Services shall be provided [on-site] by a [multi-disciplinary team consisting of a mid-level practitioner, a mental health counselor, and a medical assistant in consultation with a physician. The centers shall also provide access to health care twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week] school-based health center licensed under article twenty-eight of the public health law or sponsored by a facility licensed under the public health law and approved to operate by the New York state department of health.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03558-01-9
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