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NY S 998

substituted

Permits telemedicine services for mental and behavioral health issues under the workers' compensation system

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 998 pass?

The current status of NY S 998 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-05-29): SUBSTITUTED BY A949

What is NY S 998 about?

Permits telemedicine services for mental and behavioral health issues under the workers' compensation system; permits one in-person visit within twelve months unless such in-person visit causes undue hardship on a patient.

Who sponsors NY S 998?

Samra Brouk is the primary sponsor of NY S 998, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Permits telemedicine services for mental and behavioral health issues under the workers' compensation system; permits one in-person visit within twelve months unless such in-person visit causes undue hardship on a patient.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-05-29 — SUBSTITUTED BY A949
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Samra Broukprimary
  • Cordell Clearecosponsor
  • Patricia Fahycosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO LABOR

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO LABOR

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-05-05

    1ST REPORT CAL.983

  4. 2026-05-06

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  5. 2026-05-07

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  6. 2026-05-29

    SUBSTITUTED BY A949

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Labor Vote

    2026-05-05 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Nathalia Fernandez: yes
    • Robert Jackson: yes
    • Mario Mattera: yes
    • Shelley Mayer: yes
    • Peter Oberacker: yes
    • Jessica Ramos: yes
    • Steve Rhoads: yes
    • Robert Rolison: yes
    • Christopher Ryan: yes
    • James Sanders Jr.: yes
    • Jessica Scarcella-Spanton: yes
    • James Skoufis: yes
    • Jeremy Zellner: yes

Related bills

  • substituted-by: A 949
  • Prior session: S 9055not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1878not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 949

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S998?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

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