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                                  5581--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 8, 2023
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 Introduced  by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Corporations,
   Authorities  and Commissions -- recommitted to the Committee on Corpo-
   rations, Authorities and Commissions in accordance with Senate Rule 6,
   sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the limited liability company law, the business corpo-
   ration law, the partnership law, the  education  law  and  the  public
   health  law,  in  relation  to  authorizing  certain  licensed  health
   services professionals to form limited liability companies
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  (a) of section 1203 of the limited liability
 company law, as amended by chapter 475 of the laws of 2014,  is  amended
 to read as follows:
   (a)  Notwithstanding  the education law or any other provision of law,
 one or more professionals each of whom is authorized by law to render  a
 professional  service within the state, or one or more professionals, at
 least one of whom is authorized by law to render a professional  service
 within  the  state,  may  form,  or  cause  to be formed, a professional
 service limited liability company for pecuniary profit under this  arti-
 cle for the purpose of rendering the professional service or services as
 such professionals are authorized to practice. With respect to a profes-
 sional  service  limited  liability  company  formed  to provide medical
 services as such services are defined in article 131  of  the  education
 law,  each  member  of  such  limited liability company must be licensed
 pursuant to article 131 of the education law  to  practice  medicine  in
 this  state.    NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, ANY
 PERSON LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 131 OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO PRACTICE
 MEDICINE AND ANY PERSON LICENSED PURSUANT TO  ARTICLES  132,  137,  140,
 141,  143,  144,  153, 154, 155, 156, OR 167 OR SUBDIVISION 3 OF SECTION
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00062-06-4
              

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 6902 OF ARTICLE 139 OF THE EDUCATION  LAW  MAY  FORM,  OR  CAUSE  TO  BE
 FORMED,  A  PROFESSIONAL  SERVICE  LIMITED  LIABILITY COMPANY TO PROVIDE
 MULTIDISCIPLINARY SERVICES WITH  ONE  OR  MORE  LICENSED  PROFESSIONALS,
 SUBJECT  TO  THE  FOLLOWING  CONDITIONS: (I) EACH MEMBER OF SUCH LIMITED
 LIABILITY COMPANY MUST BE LICENSED PURSUANT TO TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCA-
 TION LAW TO PRACTICE SUCH MEMBER'S PROFESSION IN THIS STATE;  (II)  EACH
 MEMBER SHALL ONLY PRACTICE SUCH MEMBER'S PROFESSION AS SPECIFIED IN SUCH
 MEMBER'S  RESPECTIVE  PROFESSIONAL ENABLING STATUTE UNDER TITLE EIGHT OF
 THE EDUCATION LAW; AND (III) ANY CLINICAL  INTEGRATION  OF  PROFESSIONAL
 PRACTICES  UNDER  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  NOT ALTER, EXPAND OR CURTAIL THE
 SCOPE OF PRACTICE OF ANY OF THE MEMBERS; PROVIDED FURTHER THAT:  (A)  NO
 MEMBER  SHALL, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, INTERFERE WITH THE CLINICAL JUDG-
 MENT OR LEGITIMATE CLINICAL PRACTICE  OF  ANOTHER  MEMBER;  AND  (B)  NO
 MEMBER SHALL ORDER OR DIRECT ANOTHER MEMBER TO PRACTICE BEYOND THE SCOPE
 OF SUCH MEMBER'S LICENSE. With respect to a professional service limited
 liability company formed to provide dental services as such services are
 defined in article 133 of the education law, each member of such limited
 liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 133 of the educa-
 tion  law to practice dentistry in this state. With respect to a profes-
 sional service limited liability company formed  to  provide  veterinary
 services  as  such  services are defined in article 135 of the education
 law, each member of such limited  liability  company  must  be  licensed
 pursuant  to  article  135  of  the education law to practice veterinary
 medicine in this state. With respect to a professional  service  limited
 liability  company  formed  to  provide  professional  engineering, land
 surveying,  architectural,  landscape  architectural  and/or  geological
 services  as  such  services are defined in article 145, article 147 and
 article 148 of the education law, each member of such limited  liability
 company  must  be  licensed  pursuant to article 145, article 147 and/or
 article 148 of the education  law  to  practice  one  or  more  of  such
 professions  in  this  state.  [With  respect  to a professional service
 limited liability company formed to  provide  licensed  clinical  social
 work  services as such services are defined in article 154 of the educa-
 tion law, each  member  of  such  limited  liability  company  shall  be
 licensed  pursuant  to  article  154  of  the  education law to practice
 licensed clinical social work in this state.] With respect to a  profes-
 sional service limited liability company formed to provide creative arts
 therapy  services  as  such  services  are defined in article 163 of the
 education law, each member of such limited  liability  company  must  be
 licensed  pursuant to article 163 of the education law to practice crea-
 tive arts therapy in this state. With respect to a professional  service
 limited  liability company formed to provide marriage and family therapy
 services as such services are defined in article 163  of  the  education
 law,  each  member  of  such  limited liability company must be licensed
 pursuant to article 163 of the education law to  practice  marriage  and
 family  therapy  in  this  state. With respect to a professional service
 limited liability company formed to  provide  mental  health  counseling
 services  as  such  services are defined in article 163 of the education
 law, each member of such limited  liability  company  must  be  licensed
 pursuant  to  article 163 of the education law to practice mental health
 counseling in this state. With respect to a professional service limited
 liability company formed to  provide  psychoanalysis  services  as  such
 services are defined in article 163 of the education law, each member of
 such  limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 163
 of the education law to practice psychoanalysis  in  this  state.  [With
 respect  to  a  professional service limited liability company formed to
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 provide applied behavior analysis services as such services are  defined
 in article 167 of the education law, each member of such limited liabil-
 ity company must be licensed or certified pursuant to article 167 of the
 education  law  to practice applied behavior analysis in this state.] In
 addition to engaging in such profession or professions,  a  professional
 service  limited  liability  company may engage in any other business or
 activities as to which a limited liability company may be  formed  under
 section  two  hundred  one  of this chapter.   Notwithstanding any other
 provision of this section,  a  professional  service  limited  liability
 company  (i)  authorized  to  practice  law  may  only engage in another
 profession or business or activities or  (ii)  which  is  engaged  in  a
 profession  or  other  business  or  activities  other than law may only
 engage in the practice of law, to the extent not prohibited by any other
 law of this state or any rule adopted by the appropriate appellate divi-
 sion of the supreme court or the court of appeals.
   § 2. Subdivision (b) of section 1207 of the limited liability  company
 law,  as  amended by chapter 475 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (b) With respect to a professional service limited  liability  company
 formed to provide medical services as such services are defined in arti-
 cle  131  of  the  education  law, each member of such limited liability
 company must be licensed pursuant to article 131 of the education law to
 practice medicine in this state.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF
 THIS SECTION, ANY PERSON LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 131 OF THE  EDUCA-
 TION  LAW TO PRACTICE MEDICINE AND ANY PERSON LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTI-
 CLES 132, 137, 140, 141, 143, 144, 153, 154, 155, 156, OR 167 OR  SUBDI-
 VISION  3  OF SECTION 6902 OF ARTICLE 139 OF THE EDUCATION LAW MAY FORM,
 OR CAUSE TO BE FORMED, A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY  COMPANY
 TO  PROVIDE MULTIDISCIPLINARY SERVICES WITH ONE OR MORE LICENSED PROFES-
 SIONALS, SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: (I) EACH  MEMBER  OF  SUCH
 LIMITED  LIABILITY  COMPANY  MUST BE LICENSED PURSUANT TO TITLE EIGHT OF
 THE EDUCATION LAW TO PRACTICE SUCH MEMBER'S PROFESSION  IN  THIS  STATE;
 (II)  EACH MEMBER SHALL ONLY PRACTICE SUCH MEMBER'S PROFESSION AS SPECI-
 FIED IN SUCH MEMBER'S RESPECTIVE  PROFESSIONAL  ENABLING  STATUTE  UNDER
 TITLE  EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW; AND (III) ANY CLINICAL INTEGRATION OF
 PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL  NOT  ALTER,  EXPAND  OR
 CURTAIL  THE  SCOPE  OF PRACTICE OF ANY OF THE MEMBERS; PROVIDED FURTHER
 THAT: (A) NO MEMBER SHALL, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY,  INTERFERE  WITH  THE
 CLINICAL  JUDGEMENT  OR  LEGITIMATE CLINICAL PRACTICE OF ANOTHER MEMBER;
 AND (B) NO MEMBER SHALL ORDER  OR  DIRECT  ANOTHER  MEMBER  TO  PRACTICE
 BEYOND  THE  SCOPE  OF  SUCH MEMBER'S LICENSE. With respect to a profes-
 sional service  limited  liability  company  formed  to  provide  dental
 services  as  such  services are defined in article 133 of the education
 law, each member of such limited  liability  company  must  be  licensed
 pursuant  to  article  133 of the education law to practice dentistry in
 this state. With respect to a  professional  service  limited  liability
 company  formed  to  provide  veterinary  services  as such services are
 defined in article 135 of the education law, each member of such limited
 liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 135 of the educa-
 tion law to practice veterinary medicine in this state. With respect  to
 a  professional  service  limited  liability  company  formed to provide
 professional  engineering,  land  surveying,  architectural,   landscape
 architectural and/or geological services as such services are defined in
 article  145,  article  147  and  article 148 of the education law, each
 member of such limited liability company must be  licensed  pursuant  to
 article  145,  article  147  and/or  article 148 of the education law to
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 practice one or more of such professions in this state. [With respect to
 a professional service  limited  liability  company  formed  to  provide
 licensed  clinical  social work services as such services are defined in
 article  154 of the education law, each member of such limited liability
 company shall be licensed pursuant to article 154 of the  education  law
 to  practice  licensed clinical social work in this state.] With respect
 to a professional service limited liability company  formed  to  provide
 creative  arts  therapy services as such services are defined in article
 163 of the education law, each member of such limited liability  company
 must  be  licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to prac-
 tice creative arts therapy in this state. With respect to a professional
 service limited liability company formed to provide marriage and  family
 therapy  services  as  such  services  are defined in article 163 of the
 education law, each member of such limited  liability  company  must  be
 licensed  pursuant  to  article  163  of  the  education law to practice
 marriage and family therapy in this state. With  respect  to  a  profes-
 sional service limited liability company formed to provide mental health
 counseling  services  as such services are defined in article 163 of the
 education law, each member of such limited  liability  company  must  be
 licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to practice mental
 health  counseling in this state. With respect to a professional service
 limited liability company formed to provide psychoanalysis  services  as
 such  services  are  defined  in  article 163 of the education law, each
 member of such limited liability company must be  licensed  pursuant  to
 article  163  of  the  education  law to practice psychoanalysis in this
 state. [With respect to a professional service limited liability company
 formed to provide applied behavior analysis services  as  such  services
 are  defined  in  article  167 of the education law, each member of such
 limited liability company must be  licensed  or  certified  pursuant  to
 article  167  of the education law to practice applied behavior analysis
 in this state.]
   § 3. Subdivision (b) of section 1207 of the limited liability  company
 law,  as  amended by chapter 701 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (b) With respect to a professional service limited  liability  company
 formed to provide medical services as such services are defined in arti-
 cle  131  of  the  education  law, each member of such limited liability
 company must be licensed pursuant to article 131 of the education law to
 practice medicine in this state.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF
 THIS SECTION, ANY PERSON LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 131 OF THE  EDUCA-
 TION LAW TO PRACTICE MEDICINE AND ANY PERSON LICENSED PURSUANT TO  ARTI-
 CLES  132, 137, 140, 141, 143, 144, 153, 154, 155, 156, OR 167 OR SUBDI-
 VISION 3 OF SECTION 6902 OF ARTICLE 139 OF THE EDUCATION LAW  MAY  FORM,
 OR CAUSE TO BE FORMED, A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY  COMPANY
 TO PROVIDE MULTIDISCIPLINARY SERVICES WITH ONE OR MORE LICENSED  PROFES-
 SIONALS,   SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:  (I) EACH MEMBER OF SUCH
 LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY MUST BE LICENSED PURSUANT TO  TITLE  EIGHT  OF
 THE  EDUCATION  LAW  TO PRACTICE SUCH MEMBER'S PROFESSION IN THIS STATE;
 (II) EACH MEMBER SHALL ONLY PRACTICE SUCH MEMBER'S PROFESSION  AS  SPEC-
 IFIED  IN SUCH MEMBER'S RESPECTIVE PROFESSIONAL ENABLING  STATUTE  UNDER
 TITLE  EIGHT  OF THE  EDUCATION  LAW; AND (III) ANY CLINICAL INTEGRATION
 OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL NOT ALTER, EXPAND  OR
 CURTAIL  THE  SCOPE OF  PRACTICE OF ANY OF THE MEMBERS; PROVIDED FURTHER
 THAT: (A) NO MEMBER SHALL, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY,  INTERFERE  WITH  THE
 CLINICAL  JUDGEMENT  OR LEGITIMATE CLINICAL PRACTICE OF  ANOTHER MEMBER;
 AND (B) NO MEMBER SHALL ORDER  OR  DIRECT  ANOTHER  MEMBER  TO  PRACTICE
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 BEYOND  THE  SCOPE  OF  SUCH MEMBER'S LICENSE. With respect to a profes-
 sional service  limited  liability  company  formed  to  provide  dental
 services  as  such  services are defined in article 133 of the education
 law,  each  member  of  such  limited liability company must be licensed
 pursuant to article 133 of the education law to  practice  dentistry  in
 this  state.  With  respect  to a professional service limited liability
 company formed to provide  veterinary  services  as  such  services  are
 defined in article 135 of the education law, each member of such limited
 liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 135 of the educa-
 tion  law to practice veterinary medicine in this state. With respect to
 a professional service  limited  liability  company  formed  to  provide
 professional   engineering,  land  surveying,  architectural,  landscape
 architectural and/or geological services as such services are defined in
 article 145, article 147 and article 148  of  the  education  law,  each
 member  of  such  limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to
 article 145, article 147 and/or article 148  of  the  education  law  to
 practice  one or more of such professions in this state. With respect to
 a professional service  limited  liability  company  formed  to  provide
 public  accountancy services as such services are defined in article 149
 of the education law each member of such limited liability company whose
 principal place of business is in this state  and  who  provides  public
 accountancy  services,  must  be licensed pursuant to article 149 of the
 education law to practice public  accountancy  in  this  state.    [With
 respect  to  a  professional service limited liability company formed to
 provide licensed clinical social work  services  as  such  services  are
 defined in article 154 of the education law, each member of such limited
 liability  company  shall  be  licensed  pursuant  to article 154 of the
 education law to practice licensed clinical social work in this  state.]
 With  respect to a professional service limited liability company formed
 to provide creative arts therapy services as such services  are  defined
 in article 163 of the education law, each member of such limited liabil-
 ity  company  must  be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education
 law to practice creative arts therapy in this state. With respect  to  a
 professional   service  limited  liability  company  formed  to  provide
 marriage and family therapy services as such  services  are  defined  in
 article  163 of the education law, each member of such limited liability
 company must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to
 practice marriage and family therapy in this state. With  respect  to  a
 professional  service limited liability company formed to provide mental
 health counseling services as such services are defined in  article  163
 of the education law, each member of such limited liability company must
 be  licensed  pursuant  to  article 163 of the education law to practice
 mental health counseling in this state. With respect to  a  professional
 service  limited  liability  company  formed  to  provide psychoanalysis
 services as such services are defined in article 163  of  the  education
 law,  each  member  of  such  limited liability company must be licensed
 pursuant to article 163 of the education law to practice  psychoanalysis
 in this state. [With respect to a professional service limited liability
 company  formed  to  provide  applied behavior analysis services as such
 services are defined in article 167 of the education law, each member of
 such limited liability company must be licensed or certified pursuant to
 article 167 of the education law to practice applied  behavior  analysis
 in  this state.] A professional service limited liability company formed
 to lawfully engage in the practice of public accountancy as a  firm,  as
 such practice is defined under article 149 of the education law shall be
 required  to  show  (1)  that  a simple majority of the ownership of the
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 firm, in terms of financial interests and  voting  rights  held  by  the
 firm's  owners,  belongs  to  individuals  licensed  to  practice public
 accountancy in some state, and (2) that all members of a limited profes-
 sional service limited liability company, whose principal place of busi-
 ness  is  in  this  state, and who are engaged in the practice of public
 accountancy in this state, hold a valid  license  issued  under  section
 seventy-four  hundred  four  of  the education law. For purposes of this
 subdivision, "financial interest" means capital stock, capital accounts,
 capital contributions, capital interest, or  interest  in  undistributed
 earnings of a business entity. Although firms registered with the educa-
 tion  department  may include non-licensee owners, a registered firm and
 its owners must comply with rules promulgated  by  the  state  board  of
 regents.  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  a  firm  registered with the
 education department may not have non-licensee owners if the firm's name
 includes the words "certified public accountant," or  "certified  public
 accountants,"  or  the  abbreviations "CPA" or "CPAs". Each non-licensee
 owner of a firm that is registered under this section  shall  be  (1)  a
 natural  person who actively participates in the business of the firm or
 its affiliated entities, or (2) an entity, including,  but  not  limited
 to,  a partnership or professional corporation, provided each beneficial
 owner of an equity interest in such  entity  is  a  natural  person  who
 actively  participates  in  the  business  conducted  by the firm or its
 affiliated entities. For purposes of this subdivision, "actively partic-
 ipate" means to provide services to clients or to otherwise individually
 take part in the day-to-day business or management of  the  firm  or  an
 affiliated entity.
   §  4. Subdivision (a) of section 1301 of the limited liability company
 law, as amended by chapter 475 of the laws of 2014, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (a)  "Foreign  professional service limited liability company" means a
 professional service limited liability company, whether or  not  denomi-
 nated  as  such,  organized  under the laws of a jurisdiction other than
 this state, (i) each of whose members and managers, if any, is a profes-
 sional authorized by law to render a professional  service  within  this
 state  and who is or has been engaged in the practice of such profession
 in such professional service limited liability company or a  predecessor
 entity, or will engage in the practice of such profession in the profes-
 sional  service limited liability company within thirty days of the date
 such professional becomes a member, or each of whose members and  manag-
 ers,  if  any, is a professional at least one of such members is author-
 ized by law to render a professional service within this state  and  who
 is  or  has  been  engaged  in  the  practice of such profession in such
 professional service limited liability company or a predecessor  entity,
 or  will  engage  in the practice of such profession in the professional
 service limited liability company within thirty days of  the  date  such
 professional  becomes  a  member,  or  (ii)  authorized by, or holding a
 license, certificate, registration or permit  issued  by  the  licensing
 authority  pursuant  to,  the  education  law  to  render a professional
 service within this state; except that all members and managers, if any,
 of  a  foreign  professional  service  limited  liability  company  that
 provides  health services in this state shall be licensed in this state.
 With respect to a foreign professional service limited liability company
 which provides veterinary services as such services are defined in arti-
 cle 135 of the education law, each member of such  foreign  professional
 service  limited liability company shall be licensed pursuant to article
 135 of the education law to practice veterinary medicine.  With  respect
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 to  a  foreign  professional  service  limited  liability  company which
 provides medical services as such services are defined in article 131 of
 the education law, each member  of  such  foreign  professional  service
 limited  liability  company  must be licensed pursuant to article 131 of
 the education law to practice medicine in this state.    NOTWITHSTANDING
 ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  THIS SECTION, ANY PERSON LICENSED PURSUANT TO
 ARTICLE 131 OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO PRACTICE  MEDICINE  AND  ANY  PERSON
 LICENSED  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLES 132, 137, 140, 141, 143, 144, 153, 154,
 155, 156, OR 167 OR SUBDIVISION 3 OF SECTION 6902 OF ARTICLE 139 OF  THE
 EDUCATION  LAW  MAY  FORM, OR CAUSE TO BE FORMED, A FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL
 SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY TO PROVIDE MULTIDISCIPLINARY  SERVICES
 WITH ONE OR MORE LICENSED PROFESSIONALS, SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDI-
 TIONS:  (I)  EACH  MEMBER  OF  SUCH  LIMITED  LIABILITY  COMPANY MUST BE
 LICENSED PURSUANT TO TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO  PRACTICE  SUCH
 MEMBER'S  PROFESSION IN THIS STATE; (II) EACH MEMBER SHALL ONLY PRACTICE
 SUCH MEMBER'S  PROFESSION  AS  SPECIFIED  IN  SUCH  MEMBER'S  RESPECTIVE
 PROFESSIONAL  ENABLING  STATUTE  UNDER TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW;
 AND (III) ANY CLINICAL INTEGRATION OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES UNDER  THIS
 SECTION  SHALL NOT ALTER, EXPAND OR CURTAIL THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE OF ANY
 OF THE MEMBERS; PROVIDED FURTHER THAT: (A) NO MEMBER SHALL, DIRECTLY  OR
 INDIRECTLY,  INTERFERE WITH THE CLINICAL JUDGMENT OR LEGITIMATE CLINICAL
 PRACTICE OF ANOTHER MEMBER; AND (B) NO  MEMBER  SHALL  ORDER  OR  DIRECT
 ANOTHER  MEMBER  TO  PRACTICE BEYOND THE SCOPE OF SUCH MEMBER'S LICENSE.
 With respect to a foreign professional service limited liability company
 which provides dental services as such services are defined  in  article
 133  of  the  education  law,  each  member of such foreign professional
 service limited liability company must be licensed pursuant  to  article
 133  of  the  education  law  to  practice dentistry in this state. With
 respect to a foreign  professional  service  limited  liability  company
 which  provides  professional  engineering,  land  surveying,  geologic,
 architectural and/or landscape architectural services as  such  services
 are defined in article 145, article 147 and article 148 of the education
 law,  each member of such foreign professional service limited liability
 company must be licensed pursuant to article  145,  article  147  and/or
 article  148  of  the  education  law  to  practice  one or more of such
 professions in this state.  [With  respect  to  a  foreign  professional
 service  limited  liability  company  which  provides  licensed clinical
 social work services as such services are defined in article 154 of  the
 education  law, each member of such foreign professional service limited
 liability company shall be licensed  pursuant  to  article  154  of  the
 education  law  to  practice  clinical  social work in this state.] With
 respect to a foreign  professional  service  limited  liability  company
 which  provides  creative  arts  therapy  services  as such services are
 defined in article 163 of the education law, each member of such foreign
 professional service limited liability company must be licensed pursuant
 to article 163 of the education law to practice creative arts therapy in
 this state. With respect  to  a  foreign  professional  service  limited
 liability company which provides marriage and family therapy services as
 such  services  are  defined  in  article 163 of the education law, each
 member of such foreign professional service  limited  liability  company
 must  be  licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to prac-
 tice marriage and family therapy  in  this  state.  With  respect  to  a
 foreign  professional  service  limited liability company which provides
 mental health counseling services as such services are defined in  arti-
 cle  163  of the education law, each member of such foreign professional
 service limited liability company must be licensed pursuant  to  article
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 163  of  the  education law to practice mental health counseling in this
 state. With respect to a foreign professional service limited  liability
 company  which  provides  psychoanalysis  services  as such services are
 defined in article 163 of the education law, each member of such foreign
 professional service limited liability company must be licensed pursuant
 to  article  163 of the education law to practice psychoanalysis in this
 state. [With respect to a foreign professional service limited liability
 company which  provides  applied  behavior  analysis  services  as  such
 services are defined in article 167 of the education law, each member of
 such  foreign  professional  service  limited  liability company must be
 licensed or certified pursuant to article 167 of the  education  law  to
 practice applied behavior analysis in this state.]
   §  5. Subdivision (a) of section 1301 of the limited liability company
 law, as amended by chapter 701 of the laws of 2023, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (a)  "Foreign  professional service limited liability company" means a
 professional service limited liability company, whether or  not  denomi-
 nated  as  such,  organized  under the laws of a jurisdiction other than
 this state, (i) each of whose members and managers, if any, is a profes-
 sional authorized by law to render a professional  service  within  this
 state  and who is or has been engaged in the practice of such profession
 in such professional service limited liability company or a  predecessor
 entity, or will engage in the practice of such profession in the profes-
 sional  service limited liability company within thirty days of the date
 such professional becomes a member, or each of whose members and  manag-
 ers,  if  any, is a professional at least one of such members is author-
 ized by law to render a professional service within this state  and  who
 is  or  has  been  engaged  in  the  practice of such profession in such
 professional service limited liability company or a predecessor  entity,
 or  will  engage  in the practice of such profession in the professional
 service limited liability company within thirty days of  the  date  such
 professional  becomes  a  member,  or  (ii)  authorized by, or holding a
 license, certificate, registration or permit  issued  by  the  licensing
 authority  pursuant  to,  the  education  law  to  render a professional
 service within this state; except that all members and managers, if any,
 of  a  foreign  professional  service  limited  liability  company  that
 provides  health services in this state shall be licensed in this state.
 With respect to a foreign professional service limited liability company
 which provides veterinary services as such services are defined in arti-
 cle 135 of the education law, each member of such  foreign  professional
 service  limited liability company shall be licensed pursuant to article
 135 of the education law to practice veterinary medicine.  With  respect
 to  a  foreign  professional  service  limited  liability  company which
 provides medical services as such services are defined in article 131 of
 the education law, each member  of  such  foreign  professional  service
 limited  liability  company  must be licensed pursuant to article 131 of
 the education law to practice medicine in this state.    NOTWITHSTANDING
 ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, ANY  PERSON LICENSED  PURSUANT  TO
 ARTICLE  131  OF  THE  EDUCATION LAW TO PRACTICE MEDICINE AND ANY PERSON
 LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLES 132, 137, 140, 141, 143,  144,  153,  154,
 155,  156, OR 167 OR SUBDIVISION 3 OF SECTION 6902 OF ARTICLE 139 OF THE
 EDUCATION LAW MAY FORM, OR CAUSE TO BE FORMED, A FOREIGN    PROFESSIONAL
 SERVICE  LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY TO PROVIDE MULTIDISCIPLINARY SERVICES
 WITH ONE OR MORE LICENSED PROFESSIONALS, SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDI-
 TIONS:  (I)  EACH  MEMBER  OF  SUCH  LIMITED LIABILITY   COMPANY MUST BE
 LICENSED PURSUANT TO TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO  PRACTICE  SUCH
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 MEMBER'S  PROFESSION IN THIS STATE; (II) EACH MEMBER SHALL ONLY PRACTICE
 SUCH MEMBER'S  PROFESSION  AS  SPECIFIED  IN  SUCH  MEMBER'S  RESPECTIVE
 PROFESSIONAL  ENABLING  STATUTE  UNDER TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW;
 AND  (III) ANY CLINICAL INTEGRATION OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES UNDER THIS
 SECTION  SHALL NOT ALTER, EXPAND OR CURTAIL THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE OF ANY
 OF THE MEMBERS; PROVIDED FURTHER THAT: (A) NO MEMBER SHALL, DIRECTLY  OR
 INDIRECTLY,  INTERFERE WITH THE CLINICAL JUDGMENT OR LEGITIMATE CLINICAL
 PRACTICE  OF  ANOTHER  MEMBER;  AND  (B) NO MEMBER SHALL ORDER OR DIRECT
 ANOTHER MEMBER TO PRACTICE BEYOND THE SCOPE OF  SUCH  MEMBER'S  LICENSE.
 With respect to a foreign professional service limited liability company
 which  provides  dental services as such services are defined in article
 133 of the education law,  each  member  of  such  foreign  professional
 service  limited  liability company must be licensed pursuant to article
 133 of the education law to  practice  dentistry  in  this  state.  With
 respect  to  a  foreign  professional  service limited liability company
 which  provides  professional  engineering,  land  surveying,  geologic,
 architectural  and/or  landscape architectural services as such services
 are defined in article 145, article 147 and article 148 of the education
 law, each member of such foreign professional service limited  liability
 company  must  be  licensed  pursuant to article 145, article 147 and/or
 article 148 of the education  law  to  practice  one  or  more  of  such
 professions  in  this  state.  With  respect  to  a foreign professional
 service limited liability  company  which  provides  public  accountancy
 services  as  such  services are defined in article 149 of the education
 law, each member of such foreign professional service limited  liability
 company  whose  principal  place  of  business  is in this state and who
 provides public accountancy services,  shall  be  licensed  pursuant  to
 article  149 of the education law to practice public accountancy in this
 state. [With respect to a foreign professional service limited liability
 company which provides licensed clinical social work  services  as  such
 services are defined in article 154 of the education law, each member of
 such  foreign  professional  service  limited liability company shall be
 licensed pursuant to article 154 of the education law to practice  clin-
 ical  social work in this state.] With respect to a foreign professional
 service limited liability company which provides creative  arts  therapy
 services  as  such  services are defined in article 163 of the education
 law, each member of such foreign professional service limited  liability
 company must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to
 practice  creative arts therapy in this state. With respect to a foreign
 professional service limited liability company which  provides  marriage
 and  family therapy services as such services are defined in article 163
 of the education law, each member of such foreign  professional  service
 limited  liability  company  must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of
 the education law to practice marriage and family therapy in this state.
 With respect to a foreign professional service limited liability company
 which provides mental health counseling services as  such  services  are
 defined in article 163 of the education law, each member of such foreign
 professional service limited liability company must be licensed pursuant
 to article 163 of the education law to practice mental health counseling
 in  this  state.  With respect to a foreign professional service limited
 liability  company  which  provides  psychoanalysis  services  as   such
 services are defined in article 163 of the education law, each member of
 such  foreign  professional  service  limited  liability company must be
 licensed pursuant to article  163  of  the  education  law  to  practice
 psychoanalysis  in  this  state. [With respect to a foreign professional
 service limited liability company which provides applied behavior analy-
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 sis services as such services are defined in article 167 of  the  educa-
 tion  law,  each  member  of  such  foreign professional service limited
 liability company must be licensed or certified pursuant to article  167
 of  the  education  law  to  practice  applied behavior analysis in this
 state.] A foreign professional service limited liability company  formed
 to  lawfully  engage in the practice of public accountancy as a firm, as
 such practice is defined under article 149 of the education law shall be
 required to show (1) that a simple majority  of  the  ownership  of  the
 firm,  in  terms  of  financial  interests and voting rights held by the
 firm's owners,  belongs  to  individuals  licensed  to  practice  public
 accountancy in some state, and (2) that all members of a foreign limited
 professional service limited liability company, whose principal place of
 business is in this state, and who are engaged in the practice of public
 accountancy  in  this  state,  hold a valid license issued under section
 seventy-four hundred four of the education law.  For  purposes  of  this
 subdivision, "financial interest" means capital stock, capital accounts,
 capital  contributions,  capital  interest, or interest in undistributed
 earnings of a business entity.    Although  firms  registered  with  the
 education  department may include non-licensee owners, a registered firm
 and its owners must comply with rules promulgated by the state board  of
 regents.  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  a  firm  registered with the
 education department may not have non-licensee owners if the firm's name
 includes the words "certified public accountant," or  "certified  public
 accountants,"  or  the  abbreviations "CPA" or "CPAs". Each non-licensee
 owner of a firm that is registered under this section  shall  be  (1)  a
 natural  person who actively participates in the business of the firm or
 its affiliated entities, or (2) an entity, including,  but  not  limited
 to,  a partnership or professional corporation, provided each beneficial
 owner of an equity interest in such  entity  is  a  natural  person  who
 actively  participates  in  the  business  conducted  by the firm or its
 affiliated entities. For purposes of this subdivision, "actively partic-
 ipate" means to provide services to clients or to otherwise individually
 take part in the day-to-day business or management of  the  firm  or  an
 affiliated entity.
   § 6. Paragraph (a) of section 1503 of the business corporation law, as
 amended  by  chapter  475  of  the  laws  of 2014, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, (I) one or more  indi-
 viduals  duly  authorized by law to render the same professional service
 within the state may organize, or cause to be organized, a  professional
 service  corporation  for  pecuniary  profit  under this article for the
 purpose of rendering the same professional service, except that  one  or
 more  individuals  duly authorized by law to practice professional engi-
 neering, architecture, landscape architecture, land surveying or geology
 within the state may organize, or cause to be organized, a  professional
 service  corporation  or  a  design professional service corporation for
 pecuniary profit under this article for the purpose  of  rendering  such
 professional  services  as  such individuals are authorized to practice,
 AND (II) ONE OR MORE INDIVIDUALS LICENSED TO PRACTICE PURSUANT TO  ARTI-
 CLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE AND ONE OR MORE INDIVIDUALS LICENSED PURSUANT
 TO  ARTICLES  ONE  HUNDRED  THIRTY-TWO,  ONE  HUNDRED  THIRTY-SEVEN, ONE
 HUNDRED FORTY, ONE  HUNDRED  FORTY-ONE,  ONE  HUNDRED  FORTY-THREE,  ONE
 HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR, ONE
 HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX, OR ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OR
 SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF  SECTION SIX THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED TWO OF ARTICLE
 ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE OF TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW  MAY  ORGAN-
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 IZE,  OR  CAUSE  TO  BE ORGANIZED, FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES ONLY, A PROFES-
 SIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION FORMED FOR PECUNIARY PROFIT UNDER THIS  ARTI-
 CLE  FOR THE PURPOSE OF RENDERING MULTIDISCIPLINARY SERVICES WITHIN SUCH
 A CORPORATION AS SUCH INDIVIDUALS ARE AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE INDIVIDUAL-
 LY IN SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S RESPECTIVE PROFESSIONS, SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING
 CONDITIONS:  (A)  INDIVIDUAL  WHO ORGANIZES, OR CAUSES TO ORGANIZE, SUCH
 CORPORATION MUST BE LICENSED PURSUANT TO TITLE EIGHT  OF  THE  EDUCATION
 LAW  TO  PRACTICE  SUCH  INDIVIDUAL'S PROFESSION IN THIS STATE; (B) EACH
 MEMBER SHALL ONLY PRACTICE SUCH MEMBER'S PROFESSION AS SPECIFIED IN SUCH
 MEMBER'S RESPECTIVE PROFESSIONAL ENABLING STATUTE UNDER TITLE  EIGHT  OF
 THE  EDUCATION  LAW;  AND  (C)  ANY CLINICAL INTEGRATION OF PROFESSIONAL
 PRACTICES UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL NOT  ALTER,  EXPAND  OR  CURTAIL  THE
 SCOPE  OF  PRACTICE  OF  ANY  OF  THE  MEMBERS; (D) NO INDIVIDUAL SHALL,
 DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, INTERFERE WITH THE CLINICAL JUDGMENT OR  LEGITI-
 MATE  CLINICAL  PRACTICE  OF  ANOTHER  INDIVIDUAL; AND (E) NO INDIVIDUAL
 SHALL ORDER OR DIRECT ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL TO PRACTICE BEYOND THE SCOPE OF
 SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S LICENSE.
   § 7. Subdivision (q) of section 121-1500 of the  partnership  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  475  of  the  laws  of 2014, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (q) Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership  formed
 to  provide  medical services in this state must be licensed pursuant to
 article 131 of the education law to practice medicine in this state [and
 each]. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION,  ANY  PERSON
 LICENSED  PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 131 OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO PRACTICE MEDI-
 CINE AND ANY PERSON LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLES 132,  137,  140,  141,
 143, 144, 153, 154, 155, 156, OR 167 OR SUBDIVISION 3 OF SECTION 6902 OF
 ARTICLE  139  OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW MAY FORM, OR CAUSE TO BE FORMED, A
 REGISTERED LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP  TO  PROVIDE  MULTIDISCIPLINARY
 SERVICES WITH ONE OR MORE LICENSED PROFESSIONALS, SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOW-
 ING  CONDITIONS:  (I) EACH PARTNER OF SUCH LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP
 MUST BE LICENSED PURSUANT TO TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW  TO  PRAC-
 TICE  SUCH  PARTNER'S  PROFESSION IN THIS STATE; (II) EACH PARTNER SHALL
 ONLY PRACTICE SUCH PARTNER'S PROFESSION AS SPECIFIED IN  SUCH  PARTNER'S
 RESPECTIVE PROFESSIONAL ENABLING STATUTE UNDER TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCA-
 TION  LAW;  AND (III) ANY CLINICAL INTEGRATION OF THE PROFESSIONAL PRAC-
 TICES UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL NOT ALTER, EXPAND OR CURTAIL THE SCOPE OF
 PRACTICE OF ANY OF THE PARTNERS; PROVIDED FURTHER THAT: (A)  NO  PARTNER
 SHALL,  DIRECTLY  OR INDIRECTLY, INTERFERE WITH THE CLINICAL JUDGMENT OR
 LEGITIMATE CLINICAL PRACTICE OF ANOTHER  PARTNER;  AND  (B)  NO  PARTNER
 SHALL  ORDER  OR  DIRECT ANOTHER PARTNER TO PRACTICE BEYOND THE SCOPE OF
 SUCH PARTNER'S LICENSE.  EACH partner of a registered limited  liability
 partnership  formed  to  provide  dental  services in this state must be
 licensed pursuant to article  133  of  the  education  law  to  practice
 dentistry in this state.  Each partner of a registered limited liability
 partnership  formed to provide veterinary services in this state must be
 licensed pursuant to article 135 of the education law to practice veter-
 inary medicine in this state.  Each  partner  of  a  registered  limited
 liability  partnership  formed to provide professional engineering, land
 surveying, geological services, architectural and/or landscape architec-
 tural services in this state must be licensed pursuant to  article  145,
 article  147  and/or article 148 of the education law to practice one or
 more of such professions in this state. [Each partner  of  a  registered
 limited liability partnership formed to provide licensed clinical social
 work  services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article 154 of
 the education law to practice clinical social work in this state.]  Each
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 partner  of a registered limited liability partnership formed to provide
 creative arts therapy services in this state must be  licensed  pursuant
 to article 163 of the education law to practice creative arts therapy in
 this  state.  Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership
 formed to provide marriage and family therapy  services  in  this  state
 must  be  licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to prac-
 tice marriage and family therapy in this state. Each partner of a regis-
 tered limited liability partnership  formed  to  provide  mental  health
 counseling  services  in this state must be licensed pursuant to article
 163 of the education law to practice mental health  counseling  in  this
 state. Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership formed
 to provide psychoanalysis services in this state must be licensed pursu-
 ant  to  article  163 of the education law to practice psychoanalysis in
 this state. [Each partner of a registered limited liability  partnership
 formed  to  provide applied behavior analysis service in this state must
 be licensed or certified pursuant to article 167 of the education law to
 practice applied behavior analysis in this state.]
   § 8. Subdivision (q) of section 121-1500 of the  partnership  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  701  of  the  laws  of 2023, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (q) Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership  formed
 to  provide  medical services in this state must be licensed pursuant to
 article 131 of the education law to practice medicine in this state [and
 each]. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION,  ANY  PERSON
 LICENSED  PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 131 OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO PRACTICE MEDI-
 CINE  AND ANY PERSON LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLES 132,  137,  140, 141,
 143, 144, 153, 154, 155, 156, OR 167 OR SUBDIVISION 3 OF SECTION 6902 OF
 ARTICLE  139  OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW MAY FORM, OR CAUSE TO BE FORMED, A
 REGISTERED LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP  TO  PROVIDE  MULTIDISCIPLINARY
 SERVICES WITH ONE OR MORE LICENSED PROFESSIONALS, SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOW-
 ING  CONDITIONS:  (I) EACH PARTNER OF SUCH LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP
 MUST BE LICENSED PURSUANT TO TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW  TO  PRAC-
 TICE    SUCH PARTNER'S PROFESSION IN THIS STATE; (II) EACH PARTNER SHALL
 ONLY PRACTICE SUCH PARTNER'S PROFESSION AS SPECIFIED IN  SUCH  PARTNER'S
 RESPECTIVE PROFESSIONAL ENABLING STATUTE UNDER TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCA-
 TION  LAW;  AND (III) ANY CLINICAL INTEGRATION OF THE PROFESSIONAL PRAC-
 TICES UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL NOT ALTER, EXPAND OR CURTAIL THE SCOPE OF
 PRACTICE OF ANY OF THE PARTNERS; PROVIDED FURTHER THAT: (A)  NO  PARTNER
 SHALL,  DIRECTLY  OR INDIRECTLY, INTERFERE WITH THE CLINICAL JUDGMENT OR
 LEGITIMATE CLINICAL PRACTICE OF ANOTHER  PARTNER;  AND  (B)  NO  PARTNER
 SHALL  ORDER  OR  DIRECT ANOTHER PARTNER TO PRACTICE BEYOND THE SCOPE OF
 SUCH PARTNER'S LICENSE. EACH partner of a registered  limited  liability
 partnership  formed  to  provide  dental  services in this state must be
 licensed pursuant to article  133  of  the  education  law  to  practice
 dentistry in this state.  Each partner of a registered limited liability
 partnership  formed to provide veterinary services in this state must be
 licensed pursuant to article 135 of the education law to practice veter-
 inary medicine in this state.  Each  partner  of  a  registered  limited
 liability partnership formed to provide public accountancy services as a
 firm,  whose  principal  place  of  business  is  in  this state and who
 provides public accountancy services, must be licensed pursuant to arti-
 cle 149 of the education law to  practice  public  accountancy  in  this
 state. Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership formed
 to   provide   professional   engineering,  land  surveying,  geological
 services, architectural and/or landscape architectural services in  this
 state must be licensed pursuant to article 145, article 147 and/or arti-
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 cle 148 of the education law to practice one or more of such professions
 in  this state. [Each partner of a registered limited liability partner-
 ship formed to provide licensed clinical social work  services  in  this
 state  must  be licensed pursuant to article 154 of the education law to
 practice clinical social work in this state.] Each partner of  a  regis-
 tered  limited  liability  partnership  formed  to provide creative arts
 therapy services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article  163
 of  the  education  law to practice creative arts therapy in this state.
 Each partner of a registered limited  liability  partnership  formed  to
 provide  marriage  and  family  therapy  services  in this state must be
 licensed pursuant to article  163  of  the  education  law  to  practice
 marriage  and family therapy in this state. Each partner of a registered
 limited liability partnership formed to provide mental health counseling
 services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article 163  of  the
 education  law  to practice mental health counseling in this state. Each
 partner of a registered limited liability partnership formed to  provide
 psychoanalysis services in this state must be licensed pursuant to arti-
 cle  163  of the education law to practice psychoanalysis in this state.
 [Each partner of a registered limited liability  partnership  formed  to
 provide applied behavior analysis service in this state must be licensed
 or  certified  pursuant  to article 167 of the education law to practice
 applied behavior analysis in this state.] A registered limited liability
 partnership formed to lawfully engage in the practice of public  accoun-
 tancy  as  a  firm, as such practice is defined under article 149 of the
 education law, shall be required to show (1) that a simple  majority  of
 the  ownership  of  the firm, in terms of financial interests and voting
 rights held by the firm's owners, belongs  to  individuals  licensed  to
 practice  public accountancy in some state, and (2) that all partners of
 a limited liability partnership whose principal place of business is  in
 this state, and who are engaged in the practice of public accountancy in
 this  state,  hold  a  valid  license  issued under section seventy-four
 hundred four of the education law. For  purposes  of  this  subdivision,
 "financial  interest"  means  capital  stock,  capital accounts, capital
 contributions, capital interest, or interest in  undistributed  earnings
 of  a  business  entity.  Although  firms  registered with the education
 department may include non-licensee owners, the firm and its owners must
 comply with rules promulgated by the state board  of  regents.  Notwith-
 standing  the foregoing, a firm registered with the education department
 may not have non-licensee owners if the firm's name includes  the  words
 "certified  public  accountant,"  or "certified public accounts," or the
 abbreviations "CPA" or "CPAs". Each non-licensee owner of a firm that is
 formed under this section shall be (1) a  natural  person  who  actively
 participates  in the business of the firm or its affiliated entities, or
 (2) an entity, including, but not limited to, a partnership  or  profes-
 sional corporation, provided each beneficial owner of an equity interest
 in  such  entity  is  a  natural person who actively participates in the
 business conducted by the firm or its affiliated entities. For  purposes
 of this subdivision, "actively participate" means to provide services to
 clients  or  to otherwise individually take part in the day-to-day busi-
 ness or management of the firm or an affiliated entity.
   § 9. Subdivision (q) of section 121-1502 of the  partnership  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  475  of  the  laws  of 2014, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (q) Each partner of a  foreign  limited  liability  partnership  which
 provides  medical  services  in  this state must be licensed pursuant to
 article 131 of the education law to practice medicine in the state  [and
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 each].  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, ANY PERSON
 LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 131 OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO PRACTICE  MEDI-
 CINE  AND  ANY  PERSON LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLES 132, 137, 140, 141,
 143, 144, 153, 154, 155, 156, OR 167 OR SUBDIVISION 3 OF SECTION 6902 OF
 ARTICLE  139  OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW MAY FORM, OR CAUSE TO BE FORMED, A
 FOREIGN  LIMITED  LIABILITY  PARTNERSHIP  TO  PROVIDE  MULTIDISCIPLINARY
 SERVICES WITH ONE OR MORE LICENSED PROFESSIONALS, SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOW-
 ING CONDITIONS: (I) EACH PARTNER OF SUCH FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PART-
 NERSHIP MUST BE LICENSED PURSUANT TO TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO
 PRACTICE  SUCH  PARTNER'S  PROFESSION  IN  THIS STATE; (II) EACH PARTNER
 SHALL ONLY PRACTICE SUCH PARTNER'S PROFESSION AS SPECIFIED IN SUCH PART-
 NER'S RESPECTIVE PROFESSIONAL ENABLING STATUTE UNDER TITLE EIGHT OF  THE
 EDUCATION  LAW; AND (III) ANY CLINICAL INTEGRATION OF PROFESSIONAL PRAC-
 TICES UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL NOT ALTER, EXPAND OR CURTAIL THE SCOPE OF
 PRACTICE OF ANY OF THE PARTNERS; PROVIDED FURTHER THAT: (A)  NO  PARTNER
 SHALL,  DIRECTLY  OR INDIRECTLY, INTERFERE WITH THE CLINICAL JUDGMENT OR
 LEGITIMATE CLINICAL PRACTICE OF ANOTHER  PARTNER;  AND  (B)  NO  PARTNER
 SHALL  ORDER  OR  DIRECT ANOTHER PARTNER TO PRACTICE BEYOND THE SCOPE OF
 SUCH PARTNER'S LICENSE. EACH partner  of  a  foreign  limited  liability
 partnership which provides dental services in the state must be licensed
 pursuant  to  article  133 of the education law to practice dentistry in
 this state. Each partner of  a  foreign  limited  liability  partnership
 which  provides veterinary service in the state shall be licensed pursu-
 ant to article 135 of the education law to practice veterinary  medicine
 in  this  state. Each partner of a foreign limited liability partnership
 which provides  professional  engineering,  land  surveying,  geological
 services,  architectural and/or landscape architectural services in this
 state must be licensed pursuant to article 145, article 147 and/or arti-
 cle  148  of  the  education  law  to  practice  one  or  more  of  such
 professions.  [Each  partner  of a foreign limited liability partnership
 which provides licensed clinical social work services in this state must
 be licensed pursuant to article 154 of the  education  law  to  practice
 licensed  clinical social work in this state.] Each partner of a foreign
 limited liability  partnership  which  provides  creative  arts  therapy
 services  in  this state must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the
 education law to practice creative arts  therapy  in  this  state.  Each
 partner  of  a  foreign  limited  liability  partnership  which provides
 marriage and family therapy services in  this  state  must  be  licensed
 pursuant  to  article  163 of the education law to practice marriage and
 family therapy in this state. Each partner of a foreign limited  liabil-
 ity partnership which provides mental health counseling services in this
 state  must  be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to
 practice mental health counseling in  this  state.  Each  partner  of  a
 foreign  limited  liability  partnership  which  provides psychoanalysis
 services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article 163  of  the
 education law to practice psychoanalysis in this state. [Each partner of
 a  foreign limited liability partnership which provides applied behavior
 analysis services in this state must be licensed or  certified  pursuant
 to  article 167 of the education law to practice applied behavior analy-
 sis in this state.]
   § 10. Subdivision (q) of section 121-1502 of the partnership  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  701  of  the  laws  of 2023, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (q) Each partner of a  foreign  limited  liability  partnership  which
 provides  medical  services  in  this state must be licensed pursuant to
 article 131 of the education law to practice medicine in the state  [and
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 each].  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, ANY PERSON
 LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 131 OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO PRACTICE  MEDI-
 CINE  AND  ANY  PERSON LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLES 132, 137, 140, 141,
 143, 144, 153, 154, 155, 156, OR 167 OR SUBDIVISION 3 OF SECTION 6902 OF
 ARTICLE  139  OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW MAY FORM, OR CAUSE TO BE FORMED, A
 REGISTERED  LIMITED  LIABILITY  PARTNERSHIP TO PROVIDE MULTIDISCIPLINARY
 SERVICES WITH ONE OR MORE LICENSED PROFESSIONALS, SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOW-
 ING CONDITIONS: (I) EACH PARTNER OF SUCH LIMITED  LIABILITY  PARTNERSHIP
 MUST BE LICENSED PURSUANT TO TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW  TO  PRAC-
 TICE  SUCH  PARTNER'S  PROFESSION IN THIS STATE; (II) EACH PARTNER SHALL
 ONLY PRACTICE SUCH PARTNER'S PROFESSION AS SPECIFIED IN  SUCH  PARTNER'S
 RESPECTIVE  PROFESSIONAL   ENABLING   STATUTE   UNDER TITLE EIGHT OF THE
 EDUCATION LAW; AND (III) ANY CLINICAL INTEGRATION  OF  THE  PROFESSIONAL
 PRACTICES    UNDER  THIS  SECTION SHALL NOT ALTER, EXPAND OR CURTAIL THE
 SCOPE OF PRACTICE OF ANY  OF  THE  PARTNERS;   PROVIDED FURTHER    THAT:
 (A)  NO  PARTNER SHALL, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, INTERFERE WITH THE CLIN-
 ICAL JUDGMENT OR  LEGITIMATE  CLINICAL  PRACTICE  OF ANOTHER    PARTNER;
 AND  (B)  NO  PARTNER  SHALL ORDER OR DIRECT ANOTHER PARTNER TO PRACTICE
 BEYOND THE SCOPE OF SUCH PARTNER'S LICENSE. EACH partner  of  a  foreign
 limited  liability  partnership  which  provides  dental services in the
 state must be licensed pursuant to article 133 of the education  law  to
 practice  dentistry  in  this  state.  Each partner of a foreign limited
 liability partnership which provides veterinary  service  in  the  state
 shall  be licensed pursuant to article 135 of the education law to prac-
 tice veterinary medicine in this state. Each partner of a foreign limit-
 ed liability partnership which provides professional  engineering,  land
 surveying, geological services, architectural and/or landscape architec-
 tural  services  in this state must be licensed pursuant to article 145,
 article 147 and/or article 148 of the education law to practice  one  or
 more  of  such  professions. Each partner of a foreign limited liability
 partnership formed to provide public accountancy  services  as  a  firm,
 whose  principal  place  of  business  is in this state and who provides
 public accountancy services, must be licensed pursuant to article 149 of
 the education law to practice public accountancy in  this  state.  [Each
 partner  of  a  foreign  limited  liability  partnership  which provides
 licensed clinical social work services in this state  must  be  licensed
 pursuant  to article 154 of the education law to practice licensed clin-
 ical social work in this state.]  Each  partner  of  a  foreign  limited
 liability  partnership  which provides creative arts therapy services in
 this state must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law
 to practice creative arts therapy in  this  state.  Each  partner  of  a
 foreign limited liability partnership which provides marriage and family
 therapy  services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article 163
 of the education law to practice marriage and  family  therapy  in  this
 state.  Each  partner  of  a foreign limited liability partnership which
 provides mental  health  counseling  services  in  this  state  must  be
 licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to practice mental
 health  counseling  in  this  state.  Each  partner of a foreign limited
 liability partnership which provides  psychoanalysis  services  in  this
 state  must  be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to
 practice psychoanalysis in this state. [Each partner of a foreign limit-
 ed  liability  partnership  which  provides  applied  behavior  analysis
 services in this state must be licensed or certified pursuant to article
 167  of  the education law to practice applied behavior analysis in this
 state.] A foreign  limited  liability  partnership  formed  to  lawfully
 engage in the practice of public accountancy as a firm, as such practice
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 is  defined under article 149 of the education law, shall be required to
 show (1) that a simple majority of the ownership of the firm,  in  terms
 of  financial  interests  and  voting  rights held by the firm's owners,
 belongs  to  individuals licensed to practice public accountancy in some
 state, and (2) that all partners of the foreign limited liability  part-
 nership  whose principal place of business is in this state, and who are
 engaged in the practice of public accountancy  in  this  state,  hold  a
 valid  license  issued  under  section  seventy-four hundred four of the
 education law. For purposes of this  subdivision,  "financial  interest"
 means  capital  stock,  capital accounts, capital contributions, capital
 interest, or interest in undistributed earnings of  a  business  entity.
 Although  firms  registered  with  the  education department may include
 non-licensee owners, a registered firm and its owners must  comply  with
 rules  promulgated  by  the state board of regents.  Notwithstanding the
 foregoing, a firm registered with the education department may not  have
 non-licensee  owners  if  the  firm's name includes the words "certified
 public accountant," or "certified public accountants," or  the  abbrevi-
 ations "CPA" or "CPAs". Each non-licensee owner of a firm that is formed
 under  this  section  shall be (1) a natural person who actively partic-
 ipates in the business of the firm or its affiliated entities, or (2) an
 entity, including, but not limited to,  a  partnership  or  professional
 corporation,  provided  that each beneficial owner of an equity interest
 in such entity is a natural person  who  actively  participates  in  the
 business  conducted by the firm or its affiliated entities. For purposes
 of this subdivision, "actively participate" means to provide services to
 clients or to otherwise individually take part in the  day-to-day  busi-
 ness or management of the firm or an affiliated entity.
   §  11.  Section 6509-a of the education law, as amended by chapter 555
 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
   § 6509-a. Additional definition of  professional  misconduct;  limited
 application.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this article
 or  of any other provision of law to the contrary, the license or regis-
 tration of a person subject to the provisions of  articles  one  hundred
 thirty-two,  one  hundred  thirty-three,  one  hundred  thirty-six,  one
 hundred thirty-seven, one hundred thirty-nine,  one  hundred  forty-one,
 one  hundred forty-three, one hundred forty-four, one hundred fifty-six,
 one hundred fifty-nine and one hundred sixty-four of this chapter may be
 revoked, suspended or annulled or such person  may  be  subject  to  any
 other  penalty  provided  in  section  sixty-five hundred eleven of this
 article in accordance with the provisions and procedure of this  article
 for the following:
   That any person subject to the above enumerated articles, has directly
 or  indirectly  requested,  received  or  participated  in the division,
 transference, assignment, rebate, splitting or refunding of a  fee  for,
 or  has directly requested, received or profited by means of a credit or
 other valuable consideration as a commission, discount  or  gratuity  in
 connection with the furnishing of professional care, or service, includ-
 ing  x-ray  examination  and treatment, or for or in connection with the
 sale, rental, supplying or furnishing of clinical laboratory services or
 supplies, x-ray laboratory  services  or  supplies,  inhalation  therapy
 service  or  equipment, ambulance service, hospital or medical supplies,
 physiotherapy or other  therapeutic  service  or  equipment,  artificial
 limbs,  teeth  or  eyes,  orthopedic or surgical appliances or supplies,
 optical appliances, supplies or equipment, devices for aid  of  hearing,
 drugs,  medication  or  medical supplies or any other goods, services or
 supplies prescribed for medical diagnosis, care or treatment under  this
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 chapter,  except  payment,  not to exceed thirty-three and one-third per
 centum of any fee received for x-ray examination,  diagnosis  or  treat-
 ment,  to any hospital furnishing facilities for such examination, diag-
 nosis  or  treatment.   Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit
 such persons from practicing as partners, in groups or as a professional
 corporation or as a university faculty  practice  corporation  nor  from
 pooling  fees  and  moneys received, either by the partnerships, profes-
 sional corporations, university faculty practice corporations or  groups
 by  the  individual members thereof, for professional services furnished
 by any individual professional member, or employee of such  partnership,
 corporation or group, nor shall the professionals constituting the part-
 nerships, corporations or groups be prohibited from sharing, dividing or
 apportioning the fees and moneys received by them or by the partnership,
 corporation  or  group  in accordance with a partnership or other agree-
 ment; provided that no such practice as  partners,  corporations  or  in
 groups  or  pooling  of  fees  or moneys received or shared, division or
 apportionment of fees shall be permitted with respect to care and treat-
 ment under the workers' compensation law except as expressly  authorized
 by  the  workers'  compensation  law.  NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION
 SHALL PROHIBIT A MULTIDISCIPLINARY SERVICES PRACTICE FORMED PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED THREE OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY
 COMPANY  LAW,  SUBDIVISION  (B)  OF  SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED SEVEN OF THE
 LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY  LAW,  SUBDIVISION  (A)  OF  SECTION  THIRTEEN
 HUNDRED  ONE  OF  THE  LIMITED  LIABILITY  COMPANY LAW, PARAGRAPH (A) OF
 SECTION FIFTEEN HUNDRED THREE OF THE BUSINESS CORPORATION LAW,  SUBDIVI-
 SION  (Q) OF SECTION 121-1500 OF THE PARTNERSHIP LAW, OR SUBDIVISION (Q)
 OF SECTION 121-1502 OF THE PARTNERSHIP LAW FROM POOLING FEES  OR  MONIES
 RECEIVED.  Nothing contained in this chapter shall prohibit a medical or
 dental expense indemnity corporation pursuant to its contract  with  the
 subscriber  from  prorationing  a  medical  or  dental expense indemnity
 allowance among two or more professionals in proportion to the  services
 rendered  by  each  such  professional at the request of the subscriber,
 provided that prior to payment thereof such professionals  shall  submit
 both  to  the medical or dental expense indemnity corporation and to the
 subscriber statements itemizing  the  services  rendered  by  each  such
 professional and the charges therefor.
   § 12. Subdivision 19 of section 6530 of the education law, as added by
 chapter 606 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
   19.  Permitting  any  person  to  share  in  the fees for professional
 services, other than: a partner, employee, associate in  a  professional
 firm or corporation, professional subcontractor or consultant authorized
 to practice medicine, [or] a legally authorized trainee practicing under
 the  supervision  of  a licensee, OR AN AUTHORIZED PROFESSIONAL LICENSED
 PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE, ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO,  ONE
 HUNDRED  THIRTY-SEVEN,  ONE  HUNDRED  FORTY,  ONE HUNDRED FORTY-ONE, ONE
 HUNDRED FORTY-THREE, ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR,  ONE  HUNDRED  FIFTY-THREE,
 ONE  HUNDRED  FIFTY-FOUR, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX,
 ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE, OR ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OR SUBDIVISION  THREE
 OF  SECTION SIXTY-NINE HUNDRED TWO OF ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE OF
 THIS CHAPTER PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IN THE SAME PRACTICE.  This
 prohibition  shall  include  any  arrangement  or  agreement whereby the
 amount received in payment for furnishing space,  facilities,  equipment
 or personnel services used by a licensee constitutes a percentage of, or
 is otherwise dependent upon, the income or receipts of the licensee from
 such  practice,  except  as  otherwise provided by law with respect to a
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 facility licensed pursuant to article twenty-eight of the public  health
 law or article thirteen of the mental hygiene law;
   §  13. Section 6531 of the education law, as amended by chapter 555 of
 the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
   § 6531. Additional  definition  of  professional  misconduct,  limited
 application.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this article
 or any other provisions of law to the contrary, the license or registra-
 tion  of  a person subject to the provisions of this article and article
 one hundred thirty-one-B of this chapter may be revoked,  suspended,  or
 annulled  or such person may be subject to any other penalty provided in
 section two hundred thirty-a of the public health law in accordance with
 the provisions and procedures of this article for the following:
   That any person subject to the above-enumerated articles has  directly
 or  indirectly  requested,  received  or  participated  in the division,
 transference, assignment, rebate, splitting, or refunding of a fee  for,
 or  has directly requested, received or profited by means of a credit or
 other valuable consideration as a commission, discount or  gratuity,  in
 connection  with the furnishing of professional care or service, includ-
 ing x-ray examination and treatment, or for or in  connection  with  the
 sale,  rental,  supplying, or furnishing of clinical laboratory services
 or supplies, x-ray laboratory services or supplies,  inhalation  therapy
 service  or  equipment, ambulance service, hospital or medical supplies,
 physiotherapy or other  therapeutic  service  or  equipment,  artificial
 limbs,  teeth  or  eyes,  orthopedic or surgical appliances or supplies,
 optical appliances, supplies, or equipment, devices for aid of  hearing,
 drugs, medication, or medical supplies, or any other goods, services, or
 supplies prescribed for medical diagnosis, care, or treatment under this
 chapter,  except  payment,  not  to  exceed  thirty-three  and one-third
 percent of any fee received for x-ray examination, diagnosis, or  treat-
 ment,  to any hospital furnishing facilities for such examination, diag-
 nosis, or treatment. Nothing contained in this  section  shall  prohibit
 such persons from practicing as partners, in groups or as a professional
 corporation  or  as  a university faculty practice corporation, nor from
 pooling fees and moneys received, either by  the  partnerships,  profes-
 sional  corporations,  or  university  faculty  practice corporations or
 groups by the individual  members  thereof,  for  professional  services
 furnished  by  an  individual  professional  member, or employee of such
 partnership, corporation, or group, nor shall the professionals  consti-
 tuting the partnerships, corporations or groups be prohibited from shar-
 ing,  dividing,  or apportioning the fees and moneys received by them or
 by the partnership, corporation, or group in accordance with a  partner-
 ship  or  other  agreement;  provided that no such practice as partners,
 corporations, or groups, or  pooling  of  fees  or  moneys  received  or
 shared,  division  or  apportionment  of  fees  shall  be permitted with
 respect to and treatment under the workers'  compensation  law.  NOTHING
 CONTAINED  IN  THIS  SECTION SHALL PROHIBIT A MULTIDISCIPLINARY SERVICES
 PRACTICE FORMED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (A) OF  SECTION  TWELVE  HUNDRED
 THREE  OF  THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LAW, SUBDIVISION (B) OF SECTION
 TWELVE HUNDRED SEVEN OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY  LAW,  SUBDIVISION
 (A)  OF  SECTION  THIRTEEN  HUNDRED ONE OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
 LAW, PARAGRAPH (A) OF SECTION FIFTEEN  HUNDRED  THREE  OF  THE  BUSINESS
 CORPORATION  LAW, SUBDIVISION (Q) OF SECTION 121-1500 OF THE PARTNERSHIP
 LAW, OR SUBDIVISION (Q) OF SECTION 121-1502 OF THE PARTNERSHIP LAW  FROM
 POOLING FEES OR MONIES RECEIVED. Nothing contained in this chapter shall
 prohibit  a  corporation licensed pursuant to article forty-three of the
 insurance law pursuant to its contract with the subscribed  from  prora-
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 tioning  a  medical  or dental expenses indemnity allowance among two or
 more professionals in proportion to the services rendered by  each  such
 professional  at  the  request of the subscriber, provided that prior to
 payment  thereof such professionals shall submit both to the corporation
 licensed pursuant to article forty-three of the insurance law and to the
 subscriber statements itemizing  the  services  rendered  by  each  such
 professional and the charges therefor.
   §  14.  Subdivision  1  of  section  2801 of the public health law, as
 amended by section 2 of part E of chapter 57 of the  laws  of  2023,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  "Hospital"  means a facility or institution engaged principally in
 providing services by or under the supervision of a physician or, in the
 case of a dental clinic or dental dispensary, of a dentist, or,  in  the
 case  of  a  midwifery  birth  center, of a midwife, for the prevention,
 diagnosis or treatment of human  disease,  pain,  injury,  deformity  or
 physical  condition,  including, but not limited to, a general hospital,
 public health center, diagnostic center, treatment center, a rural emer-
 gency hospital under 42 USC 1395x(kkk), or successor provisions,  dental
 clinic,  dental  dispensary, rehabilitation center other than a facility
 used solely for vocational rehabilitation,  nursing  home,  tuberculosis
 hospital,  chronic disease hospital, maternity hospital, midwifery birth
 center,  lying-in-asylum,  out-patient  department,  out-patient  lodge,
 dispensary  and  a laboratory or central service facility serving one or
 more such institutions, but the  term  hospital  shall  not  include  an
 institution, sanitarium or other facility engaged principally in provid-
 ing  services for the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of mental disa-
 bility and which is subject to the powers  of  visitation,  examination,
 inspection  and investigation of the department of mental hygiene except
 for those distinct parts of  such  a  facility  which  provide  hospital
 service. The provisions of this article shall not apply to a facility or
 institution  engaged  principally  in providing services by or under the
 supervision of the bona fide members and adherents of a recognized reli-
 gious organization whose teachings include reliance on  spiritual  means
 through prayer alone for healing in the practice of the religion of such
 organization  and  where  services are provided in accordance with those
 teachings OR TO A MULTIDISCIPLINARY SERVICES PRACTICE FORMED PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED THREE OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY
 COMPANY LAW, SUBDIVISION (B) OF SECTION  TWELVE  HUNDRED  SEVEN  OF  THE
 LIMITED  LIABILITY  COMPANY  LAW,  SUBDIVISION  (A)  OF SECTION THIRTEEN
 HUNDRED ONE OF THE LIMITED  LIABILITY  COMPANY  LAW,  PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF
 SECTION  FIFTEEN HUNDRED THREE OF THE BUSINESS CORPORATION LAW, SUBDIVI-
 SION (Q) OF SECTION 121-1500 OF THE PARTNERSHIP LAW, OR SUBDIVISION  (Q)
 OF SECTION 121-1502 OF THE PARTNERSHIP LAW. No provision of this article
 or  any  other  provision  of  law  shall be construed to: (a) limit the
 volume of mental health, substance use  disorder  services  or  develop-
 mental disability services that can be provided by a provider of primary
 care  services  licensed  under  this  article and authorized to provide
 integrated services in accordance with regulations issued by the commis-
 sioner in consultation with the commissioner of  the  office  of  mental
 health,  the  commissioner  of  the  office  of  [alcoholism]  ADDICTION
 SERVICES and [substance abuse services] SUPPORTS and the commissioner of
 the office for people with developmental disabilities,  including  regu-
 lations  issued  pursuant  to subdivision seven of section three hundred
 sixty-five-l of the social services law or part L of  chapter  fifty-six
 of  the  laws  of  two  thousand twelve; (b) require a provider licensed
 pursuant to article thirty-one of the mental hygiene  law  or  certified
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 pursuant  to article sixteen or article thirty-two of the mental hygiene
 law to obtain an operating  certificate  from  the  department  if  such
 provider  has  been authorized to provide integrated services in accord-
 ance  with  regulations  issued by the commissioner in consultation with
 the commissioner of the office of mental health, the commissioner of the
 office of [alcoholism] ADDICTION SERVICES and [substance abuse services]
 SUPPORTS and the commissioner of the office  for  people  with  develop-
 mental  disabilities,  including regulations issued pursuant to subdivi-
 sion seven of section three hundred sixty-five-l of the social  services
 law or part L of chapter fifty-six of the laws of two thousand twelve.
   §  15.  This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law; provided, however, that sections three, five,  eight,
 and  ten  of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as chapter 701 of the laws of 2023, as amended, takes effect.