Establishes provisions relating to behavioral health. (BDR 54-145)
SB 165 establishes a new license for "behavioral health and wellness practitioners" who provide prevention and intervention services for mental health. It requires background checks, sets supervision rules for advanced nurses, and mandates Medicaid coverage for services provided by these licensed practitioners. The bill creates funding from state health care accounts to support training programs for practitioners and supervisors. Unlicensed practice of behavioral health promotion and prevention becomes a gross misdemeanor under this law.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Signed Jun 6, 2025
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What changed between versions
Reprint 2
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As Enrolled
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1 edit
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Jun 6, 2025
MINOR
The bill text was finalized for signing into law, converting the draft version into the official 'As Enrolled' format. The substantive policy content, including definitions, licensure requirements, and funding provisions, remains identical to the previous version.
Scope change
None; the bill's scope and applicability are unchanged.
TECHNICAL
Removed draft headers, committee references, and amendment markers to finalize the text for official enactment.
Floor votes · Senate May 27, 2025 · Assembly May 31, 2025
How they voted
20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
May 27, 2025
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican8
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
8
Committee
4
Jun 6, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
Chapter 379.
executive
Jun 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
To enrollment.
upper
May 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 38, Nays: 1, Excused: 3.) To Senate.
upper
May 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass.
Placed on Second Reading File.
Read second time.
upper
May 27, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (20-0)
senate
May 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on General File.
Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 823.)
Reprinting dispensed with.
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To printer.
upper
Apr 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
To committee.
upper
Apr 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on Second Reading File.
Notice of eligibility for exemption.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 34.)
Taken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To printer.
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor.
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Rochelle Nguyen
DDemocratic
Co
Carrie Buck
RRepublican
Co
John Steinbeck
RRepublican
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