S08429 Summary:
| BILL NO | S08429 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS A08751 |
| SPONSOR | FAHY |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §16.03, Ment Hyg L | |
| 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. | |
S08429 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8429 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE 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