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Assembly Bill A8751

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes holders of certain operating certificates to employ or contract with applied behavior analysts and mental health counselors

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2025-A8751 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §16.03, Ment Hyg L

2025-A8751 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes holders of certain operating certificates for treatment of persons with developmental disabilities to employ or contract with applied behavior analysts and mental health counselors.

2025-A8751 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8751
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 2, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Mental Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to authorizing hold-
   ers of certain operating  certificates  to  employ  or  contract  with
   applied behavior analysts and mental health counselors

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 16.03 of the  mental  hygiene  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision (h) to read as follows:
   (H)  ANY  PROVIDER  OF  SERVICES  THAT  HOLDS AN OPERATING CERTIFICATE
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (A) OF  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE  AUTHORIZED  TO
 EMPLOY  OR  CONTRACT  WITH  PERSONS  LICENSED  OR  CERTIFIED TO PRACTICE
 APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OF
 THE EDUCATION LAW AND WITH PERSONS LICENSED  TO  PROVIDE  MENTAL  HEALTH
 COUNSELING  PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHTY-FOUR HUNDRED TWO 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.
                                                            LBD13191-01-5

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