Relates to holders of certain operating certificates authorized to provide behavioral analysis services, or to employ or contract with applied behavior analysts and mental health counselors

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Relates to holders of certain operating certificates authorized to provide behavioral analysis services, or to employ or contract with applied behavior analysts and mental health counselors

Relates to holders of certain operating certificates authorized to provide behavioral analysis services, or 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 provide behavioral analysis services, so long as the professional providing such services is operating within their scope of practice; authorizes holders of such operating certificates to employ or contract with applied behavior analysts and mental health counselors.

What This Bill Does

• Relates to holders of certain operating certificates authorized to provide behavioral analysis services, or 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 provide behavioral analysis services, so long as the professional providing such services is operating within their scope of practice; authorizes holders of such operating certificates to employ or contract with applied behavior analysts and mental health counselors.

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Official Summary Text

Relates to holders of certain operating certificates authorized to provide behavioral analysis services, or 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 provide behavioral analysis services, so long as the professional providing such services is operating within their scope of practice; authorizes holders of such operating certificates to employ or contract with applied behavior analysts and mental health counselors.

Current Bill Text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8429

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      June 10, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  FAHY  --  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 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