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NY A 817

in committee

Requires mental health evaluations for participants in substance use disorder treatment programs

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 817 pass?

Not yet. NY A 817 is in committee as of 2026-05-18 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-05-18): REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

What is NY A 817 about?

Requires the commissioner of the office of addiction services and supports to require mental health evaluations for participants in substance use disorder treatment programs and to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate such requirement.

Who sponsors NY A 817?

Phil Steck is the primary sponsor of NY A 817, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Description

Requires the commissioner of the office of addiction services and supports to require mental health evaluations for participants in substance use disorder treatment programs and to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate such requirement.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-05-18 — REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Phil Steckprimary
  • Rebecca Kassaycosponsor
  • Albert A. Stirpecosponsor
  • Keith Browncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-05-18

    REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 9097not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 4440not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 10389

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A817?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

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