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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Allows patients up to ten visits with an occupational therapist without a referral from a physician or nurse practitioner"
+description: "Allows patients to receive certain treatment by an occupational therapist without a referral from a physician or nurse practitioner; requires the occupational therapist to inform the patient of certain potential insurance issues; relates to eliminating the need for referrals for certain treatment under coverage provided by certain motor vehicle insurance policies."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "A 3202"
+citation: "New York A 3202 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["MCDONALD"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-01-22"
+last_action: "2022-11-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c48cc08-493a-4996-a551-527da6f2633e"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A3202"
+source_hash: "839d45b8a60c155083371871255823b503ead3eb6890592804230d02c50fd7ef"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York A 3202 (2021-2022) — Allows patients up to ten visits with an occupational therapist without a referral from a physician or nurse practitioner
+
+Allows patients to receive certain treatment by an occupational therapist without a referral from a physician or nurse practitioner; requires the occupational therapist to inform the patient of certain potential insurance issues; relates to eliminating the need for referrals for certain treatment under coverage provided by certain motor vehicle insurance policies.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A3202** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A3202&term=2021&Text=Y)
+2. **A3202A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A3202A)
+3. **A3202B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A3202B)
+4. **A3202C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A3202C)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **138–1** (pass) · lower
+- Assembly Vote — **146–1** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote - Version: C — **61–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- MCDONALD — primary (person)
+- ASHBY — cosponsor (person)
+- DICKENS — cosponsor (person)
+- FAHY — cosponsor (person)
+- FORREST — cosponsor (person)
+- GOTTFRIED — cosponsor (person)
+- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
+- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
+- JENSEN — cosponsor (person)
+- MEEKS — cosponsor (person)
+- O'DONNELL — cosponsor (person)
+- PALMESANO — cosponsor (person)
+- STECK — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-22** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-28** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-28** PRINT NUMBER 3202A `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-17** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-17** PRINT NUMBER 3202B `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-19** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-19** PRINT NUMBER 3202C `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-25** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-01** REPORTED
+- **2021-06-01** RULES REPORT CAL.168
+- **2021-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.168
+- **2021-06-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2021-06-01** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2021-06-01** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-05** DIED IN SENATE
+- **2022-01-05** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2022-01-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.117
+- **2022-01-26** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2022-01-26** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2022-01-26** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-24** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5663A
+- **2022-05-24** 3RD READING CAL.1240
+- **2022-05-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2022-05-24** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2022-11-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.601 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c48cc08-493a-4996-a551-527da6f2633e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+