S 3760 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to sex offenses involving mental health care providers

Summary

Expands the definition of mental health care provider for the purposes of the penal law; expands the conditions under which a person is deemed incapable of consent.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 29, 2025 Last action Mar 31, 2026

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What changed between versions

S3760 → S3760A · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to include 'creative arts therapy' as a protected profession alongside existing mental health fields, ensuring that sexual misconduct by creative arts therapists is treated with the same legal severity as misconduct by psychologists or social workers. Additionally, the bill was formally re-committed to the Senate Committee on Codes for further review and amendment before final passage.

Scope change

The scope of the bill was expanded to explicitly cover creative arts therapists, whereas the previous version did not list this specific profession.

SCOPE

Added 'creative arts therapy' to the list of protected professions, ensuring the law covers sexual misconduct by practitioners in this field.

TECHNICAL

Updated the bill's status to reflect that it has been amended, discharged from committee, and re-committed for further action.

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Committee

Amendments

Mar 31, 2026

Upper · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 3760A

upper

Mar 31, 2026

Upper · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES

upper

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO CODES

upper

Jan 29, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO CODES

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors