A 5103: Permits facilities to be dually licensed under the office of mental health and the office of addiction services and supports.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5103 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 12, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee 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. LBD08786-01-5