Assembly Bill A9042

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Permits clinicians to be dually licensed under the office of mental health and the office of addiction services and supports

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A9042 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Mental Health
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§7.09 & 19.09, Ment Hyg L

2023-A9042 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits clinicians to be dually licensed under the office of mental health and the office of addiction services and supports.

2023-A9042 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9042
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 5, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  K. BROWN,  BENDETT,  HAWLEY -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Mental Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to permitting clini-
   cians to be dually licensed under the office of mental health and  the
   office of addiction services and supports
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 7.09 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision (n) to read as follows:
   (N) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, IN CONJUNCTION WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF
 THE  OFFICE  OF  ADDICTION  SERVICES  AND  SUPPORTS, DEVELOP A LICENSING
 PROGRAM WHEREIN CLINICIANS CAN BE DUALLY LICENSED BY BOTH THE OFFICE AND
 THE OFFICE OF ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS.
   § 2. Section 19.09 of the mental hygiene law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision (m) to read as follows:
   (M)  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF
 THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, DEVELOP A LICENSING PROGRAM WHEREIN  CLINI-
 CIANS CAN BE DUALLY LICENSED BY BOTH THE OFFICE AND THE OFFICE OF MENTAL
 HEALTH.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
 this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13875-01-3

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