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NY S 263

in committee

Relates to collaborative prescriptive authority for psychologists

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 263 pass?

Not yet. NY S 263 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

What is NY S 263 about?

Allows a licensed psychologist to apply to the department of education for conditional prescribing certification if the psychologist meets certain requirements; allows the department of education to waive certain requirements for an applying psychologist; provides that a conditional prescribing certification shall be valid for a period of two years.

Who sponsors NY S 263?

Pete Harckham is the primary sponsor of NY S 263, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Description

Allows a licensed psychologist to apply to the department of education for conditional prescribing certification if the psychologist meets certain requirements; allows the department of education to waive certain requirements for an applying psychologist; provides that a conditional prescribing certification shall be valid for a period of two years.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Pete Harckhamprimary
  • Patricia Fahycosponsor
  • Christopher Ryancosponsor
  • Julia Salazarcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 4498not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 7758not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 560not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 66not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 5824not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 7488not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 2308

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S263?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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