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S08561 Summary:

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Relates to requirements to qualify for a license as a licensed mental health counselor and the submission by applicants of supervised experience verification forms.

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10/31/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8561

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 October 31, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. C. RYAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to mental health coun-
 seling licensure and the submission of supervised experience verifica-
 tion

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 8402 of the education law, as
 2 added by chapter 676 of the laws of 2002, paragraph (c) as amended by
 3 chapter 130 of the laws of 2010 and paragraph (g) as amended by chapter
 4 210 of the laws of 2004, is amended and a new subdivision 4 is added to
 5 read as follows:
 6 3. Requirements for a professional license. To qualify for a license
 7 as a "licensed mental health counselor", an applicant shall fulfill the
 8 following requirements:
 9 (a) Application: File an application with the department;
 10 (b) Education: Have received an education, including a master's or
 11 higher degree in counseling from a program registered by the department
 12 or determined by the department to be the substantial equivalent there-
 13 of, in accordance with the commissioner's regulations. The graduate
 14 coursework shall include, but not be limited to, the following areas:
 15 (i) human growth and development;
 16 (ii) social and cultural foundations of counseling;
 17 (iii) counseling theory and practice and psychopathology;
 18 (iv) group dynamics;
 19 (v) lifestyle and career development;
 20 (vi) assessment and appraisal of individuals, couples and families and
 21 groups;
 22 (vii) research and program evaluation;
 23 (viii) professional orientation and ethics;
 24 (ix) foundations of mental health counseling and consultation;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14004-01-5

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 1 (x) clinical instruction; and
 2 (xi) completion of a minimum one year supervised internship or practi-
 3 cum in mental health counseling;
 4 (c) Experience: An applicant shall complete a minimum of three thou-
 5 sand hours of post-master's supervised experience relevant to the prac-
 6 tice of mental health counseling satisfactory to the board and in
 7 accordance with the commissioner's regulations. Satisfactory experience
 8 obtained in an entity operating under a waiver issued by the department
 9 pursuant to section sixty-five hundred three-a of this title may be
 10 accepted by the department, notwithstanding that such experience may
 11 have been obtained prior to the effective date of such section sixty-
 12 five hundred three-a and/or prior to the entity having obtained a waiv-
 13 er. The department may, for good cause shown, accept satisfactory expe-
 14 rience that was obtained in a setting that would have been eligible for
 15 a waiver but which has not obtained a waiver from the department or
 16 experience that was obtained in good faith by the applicant under the
 17 belief that appropriate authorization had been obtained for the experi-
 18 ence, provided that such experience meets all other requirements for
 19 acceptable experience;
 20 (d) Submission of supervised experience verification: Notwithstanding
 21 any other provision of law, in the process of licensure an applicant may
 22 submit the verification of supervised experience, for example the super-
 23 vised experience certification form, provided that the supervisory
 24 portion of the form is completed, signed, and attested by the supervi-
 25 sor, and the sup