A8751 • 2025

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

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Sponsor: Harry B. Bronson
Last action: 2026-05-29
Official status: In Senate Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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

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

What This Bill Does

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

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Bill History

2026-05-29 Assembly
PASSED ASSEMBLY
2026-05-29 Assembly
DELIVERED TO SENATE
2026-05-29 Senate
REFERRED TO FINANCE
2026-05-28 Assembly
REPORTED
2026-05-28 Assembly
RULES REPORT CAL.231
2026-05-28 Assembly
ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.231
2026-05-19 Assembly
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
2026-01-07 Assembly
REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
2025-06-02 Assembly
REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

Official Summary Text

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

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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:

     1    Section 1. Section 16.03 of the  mental  hygiene  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision (h) to read as follows:
     3    (H)  ANY  PROVIDER  OF  SERVICES  THAT  HOLDS AN OPERATING CERTIFICATE
     4  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (A) OF  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE  AUTHORIZED  TO
     5  EMPLOY  OR  CONTRACT  WITH  PERSONS  LICENSED  OR  CERTIFIED TO PRACTICE
     6  APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OF
     7  THE EDUCATION LAW AND WITH PERSONS LICENSED  TO  PROVIDE  MENTAL  HEALTH
     8  COUNSELING  PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHTY-FOUR HUNDRED TWO OF THE EDUCATION
     9  LAW.
    10    § 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