New York S 263: Relates to collaborative prescriptive authority for psychologists

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S00263 Summary:

BILL NOS00263 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02308

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSRFAHY, RYAN C, SALAZAR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§7602 & 7606, add §7601-b, Ed L

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Allows a licensed psychologist to apply to the department of education for conditional prescribing certification if the psychologist meets certain requirements; allows the department of education to waive certain requirements for an applying psychologist; provides that a conditional prescribing certification shall be valid for a period of two years.

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BILL NOS00263 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 263

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 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 collaborative pres-
 criptive authority for psychologists

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

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 7601-b
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 7601-b. Collaborative prescriptive authority for psychologists. 1.
 4 As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following
 5 meanings:
 6 a. "Prescribing psychologist" means any psychologist licensed pursuant
 7 to this article who has undergone specialized education and training in
 8 preparation for prescriptive practice and who has passed an examination
 9 accepted by the department relevant to establishing competence for
 10 prescribing, and who has received from the department a certificate of
 11 prescriptive authority, which has not been revoked or suspended.
 12 b. "Prescriptive authority" means the authority to prescribe, adminis-
 13 ter, discontinue and/or distribute without charge, drugs or controlled
 14 substances recognized in or customarily used in the diagnosis, treatment
 15 and management of individuals with psychiatric, mental, cognitive, nerv-
 16 ous, emotional or behavioral disorders, or other procedures directly
 17 related thereto within the scope of practice of psychology in accordance
 18 with rules and regulations adopted by the department. Prescriptive
 19 authority includes ordering and obtaining necessary laboratory tests,
 20 procedures, and diagnostic examinations.
 21 c. "Controlled substance" means any drug substance or immediate
 22 precursor enumerated in schedules 1-5 of the United States Drug Enforce-
 23 ment Administration Controlled Substance Act and as provided for in
 24 article thirty-three of the public health law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00295-01-5

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 1 d. "Conditional prescribing certification" means a two-year clinical
 2 prescribing fellowship period to obtain clinical experience sufficient
 3 to attain competency in the psychopharmacological treatment of a diverse
 4 patient population utilizing a collaborative relationship with a collab-
 5 orating clinician and shall include no less than four hundred hours of
 6 clinical training seeing at least one hundred individual patients during
 7 such time period.
 8 e. "Prescription" is an order for a drug, laboratory test, or any
 9 medicine, device or treatment, including controlled substances, such
 10 terms as defined in article one hundred thirty-seven of this title.
 11 f. "Psychotropic medication" means drugs or controlled substances that
 12 are recognized as customarily used in the diagnosis, treatment, and
 13 management of individuals with psychiatric, mental, cognitive, nervous,
 14 substance use disorders, emotional or behavioral disorders. Under this
 15 section, psychotropic medication does not include narcotics.
 16 g. "Collaborating clinician" means a licensed physician, osteopathic
 17 physician, nurse practitioner, psychiatric nurse practitioner or clin-
 18 ical nurse specialist engage