Bill Text: NY A09236 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for the certification of psychologists to prescribe drugs.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-04 - referred to higher education [A09236 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A09236-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9236 IN ASSEMBLY February 4, 2016 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to granting licensed psychologists prescriptive authority The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 7601-a of the education law, as added by chapter 2 676 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 7601-a. Definition of the practice of psychology. 1. The practice of 4 psychology is the observation, description, evaluation, interpretation, 5 and modification of behavior for the purpose of preventing or eliminat- 6 ing symptomatic, maladaptive or undesired behavior; enhancing interper- 7 sonal relationships, personal, group or organizational effectiveness and 8 work and/or life adjustment; and improving behavioral health and/or 9 mental health. The practice includes, but is not limited to psycholog- 10 ical (including neuropsychological) testing and counseling; psychoanal- 11 ysis; psychotherapy; the diagnosis and treatment of mental, nervous, 12 emotional, cognitive or behavioral disorders, disabilities, ailments or 13 illnesses, alcoholism, substance abuse, disorders of habit or conduct, 14 the psychological aspects of physical illness, accident, injury or disa- 15 bility, psychological aspects of learning (including learning disor- 16 ders); [and] the use of accepted classification systems; and the 17 prescription of appropriate drugs in accordance with section seventy-six 18 hundred one-b of this article. The prescription of drugs by a psychol- 19 ogist is authorized only in accordance with the provisions of section 20 seventy-six hundred one-b of this article and the regulations promulgat- 21 ed pursuant thereto. 22 2. The term "diagnosis and treatment" means the appropriate psycholog- 23 ical diagnosis and the ordering or providing of treatment according to 24 need. Treatment includes, but is not limited to counseling, psychothera- 25 py, marital or family therapy, psychoanalysis, and other psychological 26 interventions, including verbal, behavioral, or other appropriate means 27 as defined in regulations promulgated by the commissioner; and for EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06200-01-5
