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Diagnostic Privilege Extension

Chapter 140 of the Laws of 2025, which became effective on June 18, 2025, extended the provisions of law that authorizes the Department to issue limited permits to applicants who are gaining experience for the diagnostic privilege; and authorizes licensed mental health counselors, licensed marriage and family therapists and licensed psychoanalysts in certain settings approved by the Department to diagnose and develop assessment based treatment plans through June 24, 2027. This provision originally expired on June 24, 2025.