---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to required clinical education for certain mental health practitioners and other mental health professionals"
description: "Requires clinical experience for certain mental health practitioners and other mental health professionals; allows such practitioners to make assessment-based treatment plans; makes related provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 9449"
citation: "New York S 9449 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BROUK"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-05-27"
last_action: "2022-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6cd398d-97ff-460f-85cf-8e5e7894891f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S9449"
source_hash: "27b9df033ce1b25f8ec765d0a8941b5d53e9fda16f4dfadd9e7e683d7a175f18"
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 S 9449 (2021-2022) — Relates to required clinical education for certain mental health practitioners and other mental health professionals

Requires clinical experience for certain mental health practitioners and other mental health professionals; allows such practitioners to make assessment-based treatment plans; makes related provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **S9449** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S9449&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–2** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **57–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BROUK — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-27** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1800
- **2022-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-06-01** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6008E
- **2022-06-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.603
- **2022-06-02** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-02** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-06-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-24** SIGNED CHAP.230 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6cd398d-97ff-460f-85cf-8e5e7894891f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).