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Assembly Bill A7369A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to telehealth delivery of services by physical therapy and occupational therapy assistants, chiropractors and mental health practitioners

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2021-A7369 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7130
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2999-cc, Pub Health L

2021-A7369 - Summary

Permits telehealth delivery of services by physical therapy and occupational therapy assistants, chiropractors and mental health practitioners.

2021-A7369 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7369
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to telehealth  deliv-
   ery of services by physical therapy and occupational  therapy  assist-
   ants
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs (l) and (m) of subdivision 2 of section  2999-cc
 of  the public health law, paragraph (l) as amended and paragraph (m) as
 added by chapter 454 of the  laws  of  2015,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (l)  a  physical therapist licensed AND A PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT
 CERTIFIED pursuant to article one hundred thirty-six  of  the  education
 law;
   (m)  an  occupational  therapist AND AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANT
 licensed pursuant to article one hundred fifty-six of the education law;
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11075-01-1

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2021-A7369A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7130
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2999-cc, Pub Health L

2021-A7369A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits telehealth delivery of services by physical therapy and occupational therapy assistants, chiropractors and mental health practitioners.

2021-A7369A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7369--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to telehealth deliv-
   ery of services by physical therapy and occupational  therapy  assist-
   ants, chiropractors and mental health practitioners
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs (l), (m),  (x)  and  (y)  of  subdivision  2  of
 section  2999-cc  of the public health law, paragraph (l) as amended and
 paragraph (m) as added by chapter 454 of the laws  of  2015,  paragraphs
 (x)  and (y) as amended by section 3 of part F of chapter 57 of the laws
 of 2021, are amended and a  new  paragraph  (z)  is  added  to  read  as
 follows:
   (l)  a  physical therapist licensed AND A PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT
 CERTIFIED pursuant to article one hundred thirty-six  of  the  education
 law;
   (m)  an  occupational  therapist AND AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANT
 licensed pursuant to article one hundred fifty-six of the education law;
   (x) certified peer recovery advocate services providers  certified  by
 the  commissioner of addiction services and supports pursuant to section
 19.18-b of the mental hygiene law, peer providers  credentialed  by  the
 commissioner  of  addiction services and supports and peers certified or
 credentialed by the office of mental health; [and]
   (y) A CHIROPRACTOR LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO
 OF THE EDUCATION LAW;
   (Z) A MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER  LICENSED  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  ONE
 HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THE EDUCATION LAW; AND
   (AA)  any other provider as determined by the commissioner pursuant to
 regulation or, in consultation with the commissioner, by the commission-
 er of the office of mental health, the commissioner  of  the  office  of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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