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Assembly Bill A10888

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the eligible credentials of faculty members in a program of studies leading to a certificate in psychoanalysis

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2025-A10888 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S10056
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8405, Ed L

2025-A10888 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that licensure as a licensed psychoanalyst or as a licensed clinical social worker with a certificate in psychoanalysis shall fully satisfy the educational requirement necessary to serve as a faculty member of a program of studies in a psychoanalytic institute leading to a certificate in psychoanalysis.

2025-A10888 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10888
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 8, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the  eligible  creden-
   tials  of faculty members in a program of studies leading to a certif-
   icate in psychoanalysis
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  8405 of the education law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. FACULTY OF A PROGRAM OF STUDY LEADING TO CERTIFICATE IN PSYCHOANAL-
 YSIS. NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW,  LICENSURE  AS  A
 LICENSED  PSYCHOANALYST  OR  AS A LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER WITH A
 CERTIFICATE  IN  PSYCHOANALYSIS  SHALL  FULLY  SATISFY  THE  EDUCATIONAL
 REQUIREMENT  NECESSARY  TO  SERVE  AS  A  FACULTY MEMBER OF A PROGRAM OF
 STUDIES IN A  PSYCHOANALYTIC  INSTITUTE  LEADING  TO  A  CERTIFICATE  IN
 PSYCHOANALYSIS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15436-01-6

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