Senate Bill S6819

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the licensing of professional and clinical music therapists

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee


  • 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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2023-S6819 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A123
Current Committee:
Senate 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: S5264, A10149
2019-2020: S3386, A4272
2021-2022: S21, A5027

2023-S6819 (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.

2023-S6819 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6819 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6819
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed 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.
                                                            LBD02061-01-3
              

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