Assembly Bill A5894A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Defines mental health practitioners with diagnostic authority

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

Bill Amendments

2025-A5894 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6912
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §13-b, Work Comp L

2025-A5894 - Summary

Defines mental health practitioners with diagnostic authority for the purposes of providing services under the workers' compensation law; includes such practitioners as providers.

2025-A5894 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5894
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 24, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BERGER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Labor
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to defining
   mental health practitioners with diagnostic authority
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 13-b of the workers' compensation
 law is amended by adding a new paragraph (r) to read as follows:
   (R) "MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER" SHALL  MEAN  AN  INDIVIDUAL  LICENSED
 PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THE EDUCATION LAW WHO HAS
 MET  THE  REQUIREMENTS  FOR  DIAGNOSTIC  PRIVILEGE  SET FORTH IN SECTION
 EIGHTY-FOUR HUNDRED ONE-A OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09924-01-5

co-Sponsors

2025-A5894A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6912
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §13-b, Work Comp L

2025-A5894A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Defines mental health practitioners with diagnostic authority for the purposes of providing services under the workers' compensation law; includes such practitioners as providers.

2025-A5894A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5894--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 24, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BERGER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Labor  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation  to  defining
   mental health practitioners with diagnostic authority

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (m) of subdivision 1 of section 13-b of the work-
 ers' compensation law, as added by section 1 of part CC of chapter 55 of
 the laws of 2019, is amended and a new paragraph (r) is added to read as
 follows:
   (m) "Provider" shall mean a duly licensed acupuncturist, chiropractor,
 nurse practitioner, occupational therapist, physical  therapist,  physi-
 cian, physician assistant, podiatrist, psychologist, MENTAL HEALTH PRAC-
 TITIONER, or social worker authorized by the chair.
   (R)  "MENTAL  HEALTH  PRACTITIONER"  SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL LICENSED
 PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THE EDUCATION LAW WHO HAS
 MET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR  DIAGNOSTIC  PRIVILEGE  SET  FORTH  IN  SECTION
 EIGHTY-FOUR HUNDRED ONE-A OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09924-02-5

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.