Amends the definition of a "qualified mental health professional" to include licensed mental health counselors and licensed marriage and family therapists for the purposes of members of an approved mobile crisis outreach team.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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IN ASSEMBLY
September 2, 2026
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Berger) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health
AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the definition of
a qualified mental health professional for purposes of mobile crisis
outreach teams
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision (d) of section 9.58 of the
2 mental hygiene law, as amended by chapter 230 of the laws of 2004, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 (2) "Qualified mental health professional" shall mean a licensed
5 psychologist, registered professional nurse, licensed mental health
6 counselor, licensed marriage and family therapist, licensed clinical
7 social worker or a licensed master social worker under the supervision
8 of a physician, psychologist or licensed clinical social worker.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
10 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
11 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
12 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
13 completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16282-01-6
