New York S 6025: Authorizes licensed creative arts therapists to bill Medicaid directly for their services

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S06025 Summary:

BILL NOS06025 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05773

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SPONSORBROUK

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COSPNSRBRISPORT, FERNANDEZ, HINCHEY, PARKER, SALAZAR, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, SERRANO, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §365-a, Soc Serv L

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Authorizes licensed creative arts therapists to bill Medicaid directly for their services.

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BILL NOS06025 

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03/04/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

04/29/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

05/28/20251ST REPORT CAL.1358

05/29/20252ND REPORT CAL.

06/04/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/11/2025PASSED SENATE

06/11/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/11/2025referred to health

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

05/05/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

05/19/20261ST REPORT CAL.1207

05/20/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/21/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/28/2026PASSED SENATE

05/28/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/28/2026referred to health

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There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6025

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. BROUK, BRISPORT, FERNANDEZ, PARKER, SALAZAR, WEBB --
 read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
 the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to authorizing
 licensed creative arts therapists to bill Medicaid directly for their
 services

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (gg) of subdivision 2 of section 365-a of the
 2 social services law, as amended by chapter 97 of the laws of 2022, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 (gg) care and services provided by mental health counselors [and],
 5 marriage and family therapists, and creative arts therapists licensed
 6 pursuant to article one hundred sixty-three of the education law acting
 7 within their scope of practice, where such services would otherwise be
 8 covered under this title. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed
 9 to modify or expand the scope of practice of a mental health counselor
 10 [or], marriage and family therapist, or creative arts therapist licensed
 11 pursuant to article one hundred sixty-three of the education law.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 13 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08830-01-5

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