New York S 8081: Relates to requirements for certain mental health practitioners to be issued privilege to diagnose and develop assessment-based treatment plans

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S08081 Summary:

BILL NOS08081 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08183-A

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SPONSORBROUK

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COSPNSRHARCKHAM, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §8401-a, Ed L

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Provides alternate education and experience requirements for mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, and psychoanalysts licensed prior to 06/24/2027, to be issued privilege to diagnose and develop assessment-based treatment plans; removes fees for application for such diagnostic privileges.

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BILL NOS08081 

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8081

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BROUK -- 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 requirements for
 certain mental health practitioners to be issued privilege to diagnose
 and develop assessment-based treatment plans

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (d) and (e) of subdivision 1 of section 8401-a
 2 of the education law, as added by chapter 230 of the laws of 2022, are
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 (d) Experience: [(i)] Have completed at least two thousand hours of
 5 supervised, direct client contact that shall include, but not be limited
 6 to, diagnosis, psychotherapy and the development of assessment-based
 7 treatment plans, as defined in section eighty-four hundred one of this
 8 article, satisfactory to the department.
 9 [(ii) Subparagraph (i) of this paragraph shall not apply to a mental
 10 health counselor, marriage and family therapist, or psychoanalyst who
 11 was licensed prior to June twenty-fourth, two thousand twenty-four, and
 12 who provides attestation, on a form prescribed by the department, from a
 13 supervisor in a facility setting or other supervised setting approved by
 14 the department under supervision in accordance with the commissioner's
 15 regulations, that such licensee has at least three years of experience
 16 engaged in direct client contact that shall include diagnosis, psychoth-
 17 erapy and the development of assessment-based treatment plans. Such
 18 licensee shall submit an application to the department within three
 19 years of the effective date of this section.]
 20 (e) [Fee: Pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars for issuance
 21 of a privilege to diagnose and develop assessment-based treatment
 22 plans.] Alternate requirements for certain practitioners. Notwithstand-
 23 ing paragraphs (c) and (d) of this subdivision, a mental health counse-
 24 lor, marriage and family therapist, or psychoanalyst licensed prior to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11683-03-5

 S. 8081 2

 1 June twenty-fourth, two thousand twenty-seven, shall be granted the
 2 privilege to diagnose and develop assessment-based treatment plans if
 3 such mental health counselor, marriage and family therapist, or psycho-
 4 analyst:
 5 (i) files an application with the department; and
 6 (ii) is licensed and registered as a mental health counselor, marriage
 7 and family therapist, or psychoanalyst, and:
 8 (1) provides verification of twelve credit hours of clinical course-
 9 work, which includes clinical content that prepares the applicant to
 10 diagnose and develop assessment-based treatment plans, provide clinical
 11 treatment to clients, and practice with diverse populations, from a
 12 college or university acceptable to the department;
 13 (2) provides verification of a minimum of two years of employment as a
 14 licensed mental health counselor, marriage and family therapist, or
 15 psychoanalyst by a licensed supervisor or colleague on forms acceptable
 16 to the department, in a program or service operated, regulated, funded,
 17 or approved by the department of mental hygiene, the office of children
 18 and family services, the office of