Extends the duration of limited permits to practice licensed clinical social work and use the title licensed clinical social worker, or practice licensed master social work and use the title licensed master social worker from twelve to twenty-four months with the ability to be renewed for up to two additional one-year periods.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9123
IN SENATE
February 5, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. SUTTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to extending the duration
of limited permits to practice licensed clinical social work and
licensed master social work
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 7705 of the education law, as
2 amended by chapter 230 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 1. On recommendation of the board, the department may issue a limited
5 permit to practice licensed clinical social work and use the title
6 licensed clinical social worker, or to practice licensed master social
7 work and use the title licensed master social worker to an applicant who
8 has met all requirements for licensure as a licensed master social work-
9 er or a licensed clinical social worker except those relating to the
10 examination and provided that the individual is under the general super-
11 vision of a licensed master social worker or a licensed clinical social
12 worker, as determined by the department. This limited permit shall be
13 valid for a period of not more than [twelve] twenty-four months, and
14 such limited permits may be renewed, at the discretion of the depart-
15 ment, for up to two additional one-year periods.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
17 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
18 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
19 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
20 completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14175-03-6
