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A09042 Summary:

BILL NOA09042
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORBrown K
 
COSPNSRBendett, Hawley
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §§7.09 & 19.09, Ment Hyg L
 
Permits clinicians to be dually licensed under the office of mental health and the office of addiction services and supports.
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A09042 Actions:

BILL NOA09042
 
02/05/2024referred to mental health
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A09042 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A9042
 
SPONSOR: Brown K
  TITLE OF BILL: 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   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of this bill is to permit clinicians to be dually licensed under the office of mental health and the office of addiction services and supports.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one of this bill amends section 7.09 of the mental hygiene law to add a new subdivision providing for the Commissioner of the Office of Mental Health to work in conjunction with the Commissioner of the Office of Addiction Services and Support to develop a program for the dual licensing of clinicians by both the Office of Mental Health and the Office of Addiction Services and Support. Section two of this bill amends section 19.09 of the mental hygiene law to add a new subdivision providing for the Commissioner of the Office of Addiction Services and Support to work in conjunction with the Commis- sioner of the Office of Mental Health to develop a program for the dual licensing of clinicians by both the Office of Mental Health and the Office of Addiction Services and Support. Section three of this bill establishes the effective date.   DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE): N/A   JUSTIFICATION: Currently there is no dual licensing for clinicians who work with the Office of Mental Health or those that work with the Office of Addiction Services and Support. Because of this lack of dual certification clini- cians can only work with one aspect of the treatment plan for those patients who suffer from co-occurring disorders. This leads to the patient having to go back and forth between different clinicians and the treatment for both disorders starts to fall apart. This bill introduces the dual certification which would allow for a treatment plan for a co-occurring disorder to come from one source. Co-occurring disorders refer to when an individual suffers from a mental health disorder in conjunction with a substance use disorder. In these cases, individual often use substances as a means of coping with mental health struggles and often exasperates the symptoms of the mental health disorder which in turn drives the individual to further substance use.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New bill   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: None   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.
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A09042 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          9042
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    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:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 7.09 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding
     2  a new subdivision (n) to read as follows:
     3    (n) The commissioner shall, in conjunction with  the  commissioner  of
     4  the  office  of  addiction  services  and  supports, develop a licensing
     5  program wherein clinicians can be dually licensed by both the office and
     6  the office of addiction services and supports.
     7    § 2. Section 19.09 of the mental hygiene law is amended  by  adding  a
     8  new subdivision (m) to read as follows:
     9    (m)  The  commissioner  shall, in conjunction with the commissioner of
    10  the office of mental health, develop a licensing program wherein  clini-
    11  cians can be dually licensed by both the office and the office of mental
    12  health.
    13    §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    14  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
    15  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
    16  this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
    17  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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