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A11315 • 2025

Requires SUNY and CUNY institutions which offer a master of social work degree program to offer a maternal mental health elective course to students

Requires SUNY and CUNY institutions which offer a master of social work degree program to offer a maternal mental health elective course to students

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Sponsor
Jo Anne Simon
Last action
2026-05-11
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

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Requires SUNY and CUNY institutions which offer a master of social work degree program to offer a maternal mental health elective course to students

Requires SUNY and CUNY institutions which offer a master of social work degree program to offer a maternal mental health elective course to students Requires SUNY and CUNY institutions which offer a master of social work degree program to offer a maternal mental health elective course to students to provide comprehensive training in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders and instruct students how to apply best practices in screening, referral and treatment.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires SUNY and CUNY institutions which offer a master of social work degree program to offer a maternal mental health elective course to students Requires SUNY and CUNY institutions which offer a master of social work degree program to offer a maternal mental health elective course to students to provide comprehensive training in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders and instruct students how to apply best practices in screening, referral and treatment.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-11 Assembly

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

Official Summary Text

Requires SUNY and CUNY institutions which offer a master of social work degree program to offer a maternal mental health elective course to students
Requires SUNY and CUNY institutions which offer a master of social work degree program to offer a maternal mental health elective course to students to provide comprehensive training in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders and instruct students how to apply best practices in screening, referral and treatment.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          11315

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                      May 11, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Simon) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  requiring  SUNY  and
          CUNY  institutions  which offer a master of social work degree program
          to offer a maternal mental health elective course to students

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 22 to read as follows:
     3    22.  THE STATE UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES SHALL ADOPT A POLICY REQUIRING THAT
     4  EACH INSTITUTION OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY  OF  NEW  YORK  THAT  OFFERS  A
     5  MASTER  OF  SOCIAL  WORK  DEGREE  PROGRAM OFFER A MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH
     6  ELECTIVE COURSE. SUCH  MATERNAL  MENTAL  HEALTH  ELECTIVE  COURSE  SHALL
     7  PROVIDE  COMPREHENSIVE  TRAINING IN PERINATAL MOOD AND ANXIETY DISORDERS
     8  AND INSTRUCT STUDENTS HOW TO APPLY BEST PRACTICES IN SCREENING, REFERRAL
     9  AND TREATMENT.
    10    § 2. Section 6206 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    11  subdivision 25 to read as follows:
    12    25.  THE  BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES SHALL ADOPT A POLICY REQUIRING THAT EACH
    13  INSTITUTION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK THAT OFFERS A  MASTER  OF
    14  SOCIAL  WORK  DEGREE  PROGRAM  OFFER  A  MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH ELECTIVE
    15  COURSE. SUCH  MATERNAL  MENTAL  HEALTH  ELECTIVE  COURSE  SHALL  PROVIDE
    16  COMPREHENSIVE  TRAINING  IN  PERINATAL  MOOD  AND  ANXIETY DISORDERS AND
    17  INSTRUCT STUDENTS HOW TO APPLY BEST PRACTICES IN SCREENING, REFERRAL AND
    18  TREATMENT.
    19    § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
    20  the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
    21  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
    22  for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
    23  to be made and completed on or before such date.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15758-01-6