Extends provisions of law relating to applied behavioral analysis

Behavior service workers keep current permissions

Effective immediately, the law extends existing permissions for certain New York program workers until they expire on July 1, 2030. Workers must be employed or retained by programs licensed, certified, operated, approved, registered, or funded and regulated by specified state offices. These are the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities, Office of Children and Family Services, and Office of Mental Health. Covered workers can perform licensed behavior analyst or certified behavior analyst assistant duties only as part of that work. The existing ban on using professional titles authorized under Article 167 of the Education Law remains in place.