Senate Bill S8363

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Enacts the individual counseling rate enhancement act

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules 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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2025-S8363 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8734
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Add §19.18-d, Ment Hyg L

2025-S8363 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a rate enhancement for reimbursement of individual psychotherapy services provided by a mental health counselor, a clinical social worker, or a psychologist where such services are provided in an outpatient substance use disorder clinic.

2025-S8363 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8363 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8363
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 5, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN  ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to establishing the
   individual counseling for integrated care rate enhancement act
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "individual
 counseling rate enhancement act".
   § 2. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section 19.18-d
 to read as follows:
 § 19.18-D INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING RATE ENHANCEMENT.
   1.  THE OFFICE SHALL ESTABLISH A RATE ENHANCEMENT FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF
 INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES PROVIDED TO INDIVIDUALS  BY  A  MENTAL
 HEALTH COUNSELOR LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF
 THE EDUCATION LAW OR A CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTI-
 CLE  ONE  HUNDRED  FIFTY-FOUR  OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW OR A PSYCHOLOGIST
 LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE  OF  THE  EDUCATION
 LAW  WHERE SUCH SERVICES ARE PROVIDED IN OUTPATIENT SUBSTANCE USE DISOR-
 DER CLINICS LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE  THIRTY-TWO  OF  THIS  CHAPTER.
 SUCH  RATE  SHALL BE NO LESS THAN THE RATE ESTABLISHED BY THE OFFICE FOR
 INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING IN EFFECT ON APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
 PLUS A SERVICE RATE OF 50%.
   2. THE OFFICE SHALL  PROMULGATE  REGULATIONS  TO  IMPLEMENT  THE  RATE
 ENHANCEMENT  SET  FORTH UNDER THIS SECTION. IN DEVELOPING SUCH RATES THE
 OFFICE, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL, IF  NECES-
 SARY,  PURSUE  FEDERAL MEDICAID PARTICIPATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.  WITHIN
 THIRTY-SIX MONTHS OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ENHANCED RATE, THE  OFFICE
 SHALL EVALUATE AND REPORT WHETHER THE ACCESS TO INTEGRATED MENTAL HEALTH
 AND  ADDICTION  RECOVERY  SERVICES  INCREASED. THE OFFICE SHALL TRANSMIT
 SUCH REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE,  THE
 SPEAKER  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY,  THE  MINORITY  LEADER OF THE SENATE AND THE
 MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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