Bill Text: NY A01028 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires mental health practitioners to receive training on substance use disorder, the specific needs of the substance use disorder community and co-occurring disorders.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to higher education [A01028 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A01028-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1028

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 13, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Higher Education

        AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  mental
          health  practitioners  to  receive training on substance use disorder,
          the specific needs of the substance use disorder community and  co-oc-
          curring disorders

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  8413
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  8413.  Substance  use  disorder  education. 1. Each licensed mental
     4  health practitioner required under this article to register  triennially
     5  with  the  department  to practice in this state shall receive education
     6  and training regarding substance use disorder, the specific needs of the
     7  substance use  disorder  community  and  co-occurring  disorders.    The
     8  purpose  of  such training shall be to ensure that mental health practi-
     9  tioners are adequately equipped to care for  patients  who  are  dealing
    10  with co-occurring disorders.
    11    2.  The  department shall incorporate such education and training into
    12  the mental health practitioner licensing requirements, as  well  as  the
    13  continuing  education  requirements  for mental health practitioners who
    14  support patients with substance use disorders or co-occurring disorders.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01332-01-3