STATE OF NEW YORK
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7369--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 6, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to telehealth deliv-
ery of services by physical therapy and occupational therapy assist-
ants, chiropractors and mental health practitioners
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraphs (l), (m), (x) and (y) of subdivision 2 of
2 section 2999-cc of the public health law, paragraph (l) as amended and
3 paragraph (m) as added by chapter 454 of the laws of 2015, paragraphs
4 (x) and (y) as amended by section 3 of part F of chapter 57 of the laws
5 of 2021, are amended and a new paragraph (z) is added to read as
6 follows:
7 (l) a physical therapist licensed and a physical therapist assistant
8 certified pursuant to article one hundred thirty-six of the education
9 law;
10 (m) an occupational therapist and an occupational therapy assistant
11 licensed pursuant to article one hundred fifty-six of the education law;
12 (x) certified peer recovery advocate services providers certified by
13 the commissioner of addiction services and supports pursuant to section
14 19.18-b of the mental hygiene law, peer providers credentialed by the
15 commissioner of addiction services and supports and peers certified or
16 credentialed by the office of mental health; [and]
17 (y) a chiropractor licensed pursuant to article one hundred thirty-two
18 of the education law;
19 (z) a mental health practitioner licensed pursuant to article one
20 hundred sixty-three of the education law; and
21 (aa) any other provider as determined by the commissioner pursuant to
22 regulation or, in consultation with the commissioner, by the commission-
23 er of the office of mental health, the commissioner of the office of
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 addiction services and supports, or the commissioner of the office for
2 people with developmental disabilities pursuant to regulation.
3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
4 have become a law.
