Assembly Bill A8045

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Extends certain provisions authorizing certain mental health practitioners to engage in diagnosis and the development of assessment-based treatment plans

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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
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2025-A8045 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7622
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education
Laws Affected:
Amd §6, Chap 230 of 2022

2025-A8045 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends certain provisions authorizing certain mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, and psychoanalysts to engage in diagnosis and the development of assessment-based treatment plans.

2025-A8045 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8045
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 22, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 230 of the laws of 2022, amending the  education
   law  relating  to  diagnostic  privilege, in relation to extending the
   effectiveness of certain provisions thereof

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 6 of chapter 230 of the laws of 2022, amending the
 education law relating to diagnostic privilege, is amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   §  6. This act shall take effect June 24, 2022; provided however, that
 sections two and three of this act shall  take  effect  June  24,  2024;
 provided, further, that the provisions of section five of this act shall
 expire  and  be  deemed  repealed June 24, [2025] 2027.  Effective imme-
 diately, 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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11689-01-5

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