Amends the definition of mental health care provider for purposes of sex offenses

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Amends the definition of mental health care provider for purposes of sex offenses

Amends the definition of mental health care provider for purposes of sex offenses Amends the definition of mental health care provider for purposes of sex offenses to include persons who are, or are required to be, licensed or registered or holds themselves out to be licensed or registered, or provides services as if they were licensed or registered as a physician, psychologist, professional nurse, clinical social worker, master social worker under the supervision of a physician, psychologist or licensed clinical social worker, licensed mental health counselor or a licensed marriage and family therapist.

What This Bill Does

• Amends the definition of mental health care provider for purposes of sex offenses Amends the definition of mental health care provider for purposes of sex offenses to include persons who are, or are required to be, licensed or registered or holds themselves out to be licensed or registered, or provides services as if they were licensed or registered as a physician, psychologist, professional nurse, clinical social worker, master social worker under the supervision of a physician, psychologist or licensed clinical social worker, licensed mental health counselor or a licensed marriage and family therapist.

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Official Summary Text

Amends the definition of mental health care provider for purposes of sex offenses
Amends the definition of mental health care provider for purposes of sex offenses to include persons who are, or are required to be, licensed or registered or holds themselves out to be licensed or registered, or provides services as if they were licensed or registered as a physician, psychologist, professional nurse, clinical social worker, master social worker under the supervision of a physician, psychologist or licensed clinical social worker, licensed mental health counselor or a licensed marriage and family therapist.

Current Bill Text

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

                                      April 9, 2026
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        Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the definition  of  mental
          health care provider for purposes of sex offenses

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 13 of section  130.00  of  the  penal  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  636  of  the  laws  of 2024, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    13. "Mental health care provider" [shall mean] MEANS a licensed physi-
     5  cian, licensed psychologist,  registered  professional  nurse,  licensed
     6  clinical  social  worker, licensed master social worker under the super-
     7  vision of a physician, psychologist or licensed clinical social  worker,
     8  licensed mental health counselor or a licensed marriage and family ther-
     9  apist, OR ANY PERSON WHO HOLDS THEMSELF OUT TO BE LICENSED OR REGISTERED
    10  OR PROVIDES SERVICES AS IF THEY WERE LICENSED OR REGISTERED UNDER ANY OF
    11  THE  FOLLOWING: ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR,
    12  OR ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15385-01-6