---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to extending certain exemptions for persons employed as mental health practitioners, psychologists and social workers"
description: "Extends for one year certain exemptions from professional licensure requirements for persons employed as mental health practitioners, psychologists and social workers in a program or service operated, regulated, funded, or approved by the department of mental hygiene, the office of children and family services, or a local governmental unit or social services district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 7405"
citation: "New York A 7405 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BRONSON"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-07"
last_action: "2021-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afb7c594-0400-43ea-bd84-2e559c6e1b41"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7405"
source_hash: "1d08f61272faa5ff1c42f345cd12cb618679ca35aca61cafda7d97b4d25576c8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 7405 (2021-2022) — Relates to extending certain exemptions for persons employed as mental health practitioners, psychologists and social workers

Extends for one year certain exemptions from professional licensure requirements for persons employed as mental health practitioners, psychologists and social workers in a program or service operated, regulated, funded, or approved by the department of mental hygiene, the office of children and family services, or a local governmental unit or social services district.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A7405** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7405&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A7405A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A7405A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **58–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BRONSON — primary (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- HUNTER — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONALD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-05-07** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** PRINT NUMBER 7405A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-25** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** REPORTED
- **2021-06-01** RULES REPORT CAL.242
- **2021-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.242
- **2021-06-02** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-02** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-02** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6431
- **2021-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.1698
- **2021-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-24** SIGNED CHAP.159 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/afb7c594-0400-43ea-bd84-2e559c6e1b41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).