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NY A 832

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 · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 832 pass?

Not yet. NY A 832 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

What is NY A 832 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 A 832?

Phara Souffrant Forrest is the primary sponsor of NY A 832, joined by 11 cosponsors.

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
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Phara Souffrant Forrestprimary
  • Steven Ragacosponsor
  • Emily Gallaghercosponsor
  • Sarahana Shresthacosponsor
  • Jessica Gonzalez-Rojascosponsor
  • George Alvarezcosponsor
  • William Coltoncosponsor
  • Chantel Jacksoncosponsor
  • Brian Mahercosponsor
  • Yudelka Tapiacosponsor
  • Catalina Cruzcosponsor
  • Dana Levenbergcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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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: S 8165

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A832?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

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