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NY S 8165

in committee

Relates to requiring at least a ratio of one clinical, non-student mental health staff member per one thousand students on all SUNY and CUNY campuses

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 8165 pass?

Not yet. NY S 8165 is in committee as of 2026-05-05 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-05-05): REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

What is NY S 8165 about?

Requires at least a ratio of one clinical, non-student mental health staff member per one thousand students on all SUNY and CUNY campuses and for state colleges and universities to update such ratio every five years.

Who sponsors NY S 8165?

Toby Ann Stavisky is the primary sponsor of NY S 8165.

Description

Requires at least a ratio of one clinical, non-student mental health staff member per one thousand students on all SUNY and CUNY campuses and for state colleges and universities to update such ratio every five years.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-05-05 — REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Toby Ann Staviskyprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-05-16

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-05-05

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Higher Education Vote

    2026-05-05 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Patricia Fahy: yes
    • Andrew Gounardes: yes
    • Robert Jackson: yes
    • John Liu: yes
    • Rachel May: yes
    • Dean Murray: yes
    • Peter Oberacker: yes
    • Gustavo Rivera: yes
    • Toby Ann Stavisky: yes
    • Lea Webb: yes
    • Joseph A. Griffo: yes

Related bills

  • Prior session: A 9746not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 302not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 4142not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 832

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S8165?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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