Assembly Bill A4272

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the licensing of professional and clinical music therapists

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A4272 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3386
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 163-A §§8450 - 8459, amd §§6503-a, 7605, 7706 & 8410, Ed L; amd §700, County L; amd §§1203, 1207 & 1301, Lim Lil L; amd §§121-1500 & 121-1502, Partn L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10149, S5264
2021-2022: A5027, S21
2023-2024: A123, S6819

2019-A4272 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the licensing of professional and clinical music therapists encompassing the assessment, evaluation, and the therapeutic intervention and treatment of mental, emotional, developmental and behavioral disorders through the use of music.

2019-A4272 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4272
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, WOERNER, BRONSON, JOHNS -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, the county law, the limited liability
   company  law  and the partnership law, in relation to the licensing of
   professional and clinical music therapists

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The education law is amended by adding a new article 163-A
 to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 163-A
                               MUSIC THERAPY
 SECTION 8450. INTRODUCTION.
         8451. DEFINITIONS.
         8452. AUTHORIZED PRACTICE AND THE USE OF  THE  TITLES  "LICENSED
                 PROFESSIONAL  MUSIC  THERAPIST"  AND  "LICENSED CLINICAL
                 MUSIC THERAPIST".
         8453. STATE BOARD FOR MUSIC THERAPY.
         8454. REQUIREMENTS FOR A LICENSE.
         8455. LIMITED PERMITS.
         8456. EXEMPTIONS.
         8457. SPECIAL PROVISIONS.
         8458. BOUNDARIES OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCY.
         8459. MANDATORY CONTINUING COMPETENCY.
   § 8450. INTRODUCTION. THIS ARTICLE APPLIES TO THE PROFESSION AND PRAC-
 TICE OF MUSIC THERAPY, AND TO THE USE OF THE  TITLES  "LICENSED  PROFES-
 SIONAL  MUSIC  THERAPIST"  AND "LICENSED CLINICAL MUSIC THERAPIST".  THE
 GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR ALL PROFESSIONS CONTAINED IN ARTICLE ONE  HUNDRED
 THIRTY OF THIS TITLE APPLY TO THIS ARTICLE.
   §  8451.  DEFINITIONS.  1.  (A)  THE PRACTICE OF LICENSED PROFESSIONAL
 MUSIC THERAPY SHALL MEAN THE CLINICAL AND EVIDENCE-BASED  USE  OF  MUSIC
 INTERVENTIONS  TO ACCOMPLISH INDIVIDUALIZED GOALS FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES

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

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