---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends certain provisions authorizing certain mental health practitioners to engage in diagnosis and the development of assessment-based treatment plans"
description: "Extends certain provisions authorizing certain mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, and psychoanalysts to engage in diagnosis and the development of assessment-based treatment plans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 8045"
citation: "New York A 8045 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harry B. Bronson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-22"
last_action: "2025-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4604430a-5c7c-4082-a4b0-9cb9af140610"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8045"
source_hash: "b72ca79d7bee6d5a0ecdec067cb1322c8b0d1ec6e2a01340a61ed32b9b1b5317"
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 8045 (2025-2026) — Extends certain provisions authorizing certain mental health practitioners to engage in diagnosis and the development of assessment-based treatment plans

Extends certain provisions authorizing certain mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, and psychoanalysts to engage in diagnosis and the development of assessment-based treatment plans.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8045** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8045&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **142–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harry B. Bronson — primary (person)
- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
- John T. McDonald III — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Berger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-22** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** REPORTED
- **2025-05-21** RULES REPORT CAL.243
- **2025-05-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.243
- **2025-05-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-05-21** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-05-21** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7622
- **2025-06-06** 3RD READING CAL.1505
- **2025-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-18** SIGNED CHAP.140 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4604430a-5c7c-4082-a4b0-9cb9af140610`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).