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NY A 988

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Requires the office of mental health to convene forums and listening sessions in areas with high rates of death by suicide, suicide attempts, or other risk factors associated with suicide

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did NY A 988 pass?

Not yet. NY A 988 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

What is NY A 988 about?

Requires the office of mental health to convene statewide forums and listening sessions in areas with high rates of death by suicide, suicide attempts, or other risk factors associated with suicide, and high risk minority groups or special populations.

Who sponsors NY A 988?

Maritza Davila is the primary sponsor of NY A 988, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Description

Requires the office of mental health to convene statewide forums and listening sessions in areas with high rates of death by suicide, suicide attempts, or other risk factors associated with suicide, and high risk minority groups or special populations.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Maritza Davilaprimary
  • Angelo Santabarbaracosponsor
  • Jo Anne Simoncosponsor
  • Manny De Los Santoscosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-03-11

    REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 10202not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A988?summary=&detail=

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