New York A 9321: Relates to supervision by certain marriage and family therapists and mental health counselors

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A09321 Summary:

BILL NOA09321 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08899

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SPONSORBerger

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COSPNSRKay, Hevesi, Conrad, Woerner, Cashman, Hooks, Buttenschon, Wieder, Lasher, Kassay, Yeger, Carroll
 P, Lee, Eichenstein, Clark, Torres, Santabarbara, Pheffer Amato, Bores, Reyes, Dinowitz, Shimsky,
 Taylor, Kim, Eachus, Wright, Rivera, Simone, Williams, Simon, Anderson, Stern, Chandler-Waterman,
 McDonald, Burke, Lunsford, Levenberg, Lavine, Weprin, Paulin, Benedetto, McMahon, Tapia, Burroughs,
 Fall, Solages, Lupardo, Jackson, Dais, Zaccaro, Stirpe, Schiavoni, Rozic, Steck, Rajkumar, Lucas,
 Walker, Carroll R, O'Pharrow, Colton, Cunningham, Jacobson, Sayegh, Hunter, Bichotte Hermelyn,
 Meeks, Alvarez, Seawright, Cruz, Romero, De Los Santos, Septimo, Raga, Griffin

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§8402 & 8403, Ed L

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Provides for supervision by certain marriage and family therapists and mental health counselors who meet certain experience requirements.

Go to top A09321 Actions:

BILL NOA09321 

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12/10/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

05/19/2026reported referred to rules

05/20/2026reported 

05/20/2026rules report cal.151

05/20/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.151

05/20/2026substituted by s8899

&nbspS08899 AMEND= STAVISKY

&nbsp01/14/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

&nbsp05/05/20261ST REPORT CAL.923

&nbsp05/06/20262ND REPORT CAL.

&nbsp05/07/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

&nbsp05/13/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp05/13/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp05/13/2026referred to higher education

&nbsp05/20/2026substituted for a9321

&nbsp05/20/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.151

&nbsp05/20/2026passed assembly

&nbsp05/20/2026returned to senate

Go to topA09321 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:HIGHER EDUCATION Chair:Hyndman 
DATE:05/19/2026AYE/NAY:22/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules HyndmanAyeSmullenAye

LupardoAyeSmithAye

StirpeAyeFitzpatrickAye

SimonAyeReillyAye

McDonaldAyeMillerAye

Bichotte HermelExcusedGrayAye

McMahonAyePirozzoloAye

ButtenschonAyeSempolinskiAbsent

ClarkAye

ForrestExcused

Chandler-WatermAye

SeawrightAye

EachusAye

SayeghAye

ReyesExcused

GriffinAye

KellesAye

O'PharrowAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:05/20/2026AYE/NAY:27/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedRaAye

PretlowAyeHawleyExcused

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeBrabenecAye

DinowitzAyePalmesanoAye

ColtonAyeReillyAye

MagnarelliAyeSmithAye

PaulinAyeJensenAye

Peoples-StokesAyeGandolfoAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorExcused

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA09321 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA09321 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9321

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 December 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BERGER -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to supervision by certain
 marriage and family therapists and mental health counselors

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 of section 8402 of the
 2 education law, as amended by chapter 130 of the laws of 2010, is amended
 3 to read as follows:
 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. A licensed and regis-
 8 tered marriage and family therapist may provide post-master's super-
 9 vision if the licensed marriage and family therapist, at minimum, meets
 10 the following requirements (i) is licensed and registered for at least
 11 three years, (ii) has been awarded the diagnostic privilege set forth in
 12 section eighty-four hundred one-a of this article, and (iii) has
 13 completed a total of three semester hours or thirty-six hours of contin-
 14 uing education in clinical counseling supervision and professional
 15 orientation and ethics in mental health counseling as determined by the
 16 depa