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NY A 1589

in committee

Provides for mental health screening and creating a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is proximately caused by employment for law enforcement officers and emergency medical personnel

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did NY A 1589 pass?

Not yet. NY A 1589 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

What is NY A 1589 about?

Provides for mental health screening; creates a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is proximately caused by employment for law enforcement officers and emergency medical services personnel.

Who sponsors NY A 1589?

Sarah Clark is the primary sponsor of NY A 1589.

Description

Provides for mental health screening; creates a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is proximately caused by employment for law enforcement officers and emergency medical services personnel.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Sarah Clarkprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-01-10

    REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 11062not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 6641not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 5135not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A1589?summary=&detail=

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