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Assembly Bill A2310

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring mental health practitioners to receive training on substance use disorder, the specific needs of the substance use disorder community and co-occurring disorders

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2025-A2310 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §8413, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10379
2021-2022: A3728
2023-2024: A1028

2025-A2310 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires mental health practitioners to receive training on substance use disorder, the specific needs of the substance use disorder community and co-occurring disorders.

2025-A2310 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2310
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 16, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  mental
   health  practitioners  to  receive training on substance use disorder,
   the specific needs of the substance use disorder community and  co-oc-
   curring disorders

   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  section  8413
 to read as follows:
   §  8413.  SUBSTANCE  USE  DISORDER  EDUCATION. 1. EACH LICENSED MENTAL
 HEALTH PRACTITIONER REQUIRED UNDER THIS ARTICLE TO REGISTER  TRIENNIALLY
 WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  TO PRACTICE IN THIS STATE SHALL RECEIVE EDUCATION
 AND TRAINING REGARDING SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF THE
 SUBSTANCE USE  DISORDER  COMMUNITY  AND  CO-OCCURRING  DISORDERS.    THE
 PURPOSE  OF  SUCH TRAINING SHALL BE TO ENSURE THAT MENTAL HEALTH PRACTI-
 TIONERS ARE ADEQUATELY EQUIPPED TO CARE FOR  PATIENTS  WHO  ARE  DEALING
 WITH CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS.
   2.  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL INCORPORATE SUCH EDUCATION AND TRAINING INTO
 THE MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER LICENSING REQUIREMENTS, AS  WELL  AS  THE
 CONTINUING  EDUCATION  REQUIREMENTS  FOR MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONERS WHO
 SUPPORT PATIENTS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS OR CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05734-01-5

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