New York S 5133: Relates to required clinical education for certain mental health practitioners

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S05133 Summary:

BILL NOS05133 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§8410, 7706 & 7605, Ed L

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Requires clinical experience for certain mental health practitioners; allows such practitioners to make assessment-based treatment plans; makes related provisions.

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BILL NOS05133 

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02/19/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5133

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 19, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to education requirements
 and authorization to develop assessment-based treatment plans for
 certain mental health practitioners; and providing for the repeal of
 such provisions upon expiration thereof

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

 1 Section 1. Section 8410 of the education law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
 3 12. Prohibit or limit the activities or services on the part of any
 4 person in the employ of a program or service operated, regulated, fund-
 5 ed, or approved by the department of mental hygiene, the office of chil-
 6 dren and family services, the office of temporary and disability assist-
 7 ance, the department of corrections and community supervision, the state
 8 office for the aging, the department of health, or a local governmental
 9 unit as such term is defined in article forty-one of the mental hygiene
 10 law, or a social services district as defined in section sixty-one of
 11 the social services law, provided, however, this subdivision shall not
 12 authorize the use of any license authorized pursuant to this article.
 13 § 2. Section 7706 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 14 subdivision 9 to read as follows:
 15 9. Prohibit or limit the activities or services on the part of any
 16 person in the employ of a program or service operated, regulated, fund-
 17 ed, or approved by the department of mental hygiene, the office of chil-
 18 dren and family services, the office of temporary and disability assist-
 19 ance, the department of corrections and community supervision, the state
 20 office for the aging, the department of health, or a local governmental
 21 unit as such term is defined in article forty-one of the mental hygiene
 22 law, or a social services district as defined in section sixty-one of
 23 the social services law, provided, however, this subdivision shall not

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09765-01-5

 S. 5133 2

 1 authorize the use of any license authorized pursuant to article one
 2 hundred sixty-three of this title.
 3 § 3. Section 7605 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 4 subdivision 14 to read as follows:
 5 14. The activities or services on the part of any person in the employ
 6 of a program or service operated, regulated, funded, or approved by the
 7 department of mental hygiene, the office of children and family
 8 services, the office of temporary and disability assistance, the depart-
 9 ment of corrections and community supervision, the state office for the
 10 aging, the department of health, or a local governmental unit as such
 11 term is defined in article forty-one of the mental hygiene law, or a
 12 social services district as defined in section sixty-one of the social
 13 services law, provided, however, this subdivision shall not authorize
 14 the use of any license authorized pursuant to article one hundred
 15 sixty-three of this title.
 16 § 4. This act shall take effect June 24, 2025 and shall expire January
 17 1, 2028 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed
 18 repealed. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal
 19 of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of thi