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NY S02046
Bill
Status
6/5/2025
Primary Sponsor
Lea Webb
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AI Summary
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Creates two new programs—the Mental Health Educational Opportunity Program (for SUNY and CUNY schools) and the Mental Health Higher Educational Opportunity Program (for private colleges incorporated by the Regents)—to help students pursue degrees leading to mental health profession licensure
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Targets economically and educationally disadvantaged New York residents who are high school graduates or equivalent and show potential for completing mental health-related degree programs
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Requires participating institutions to provide screening, testing, counseling, tutoring, and assistance services to enrolled students
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Authorizes state funding for remedial and developmental courses, summer classes, tutoring, guidance services, and supplemental financial assistance including books and maintenance costs for eligible students
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Mandates annual reporting to the Commissioner, Board of Regents, Budget Director, and legislative finance committees on program objectives, expenditures, student progress, and outcomes
Legislative Description
Establishes the mental health educational opportunity program and the mental health higher educational opportunity program to provide additional educational opportunities for students at certain universities and colleges in the state to enroll in academic programs that lead to a degree or degrees required for licensure in any of the mental health professions.
Last Action
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
3/10/2026