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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to approved courses of study or equivalent on-the-job experience for counselors"
+description: "Relates to requiring counselors to have certain courses of study or equivalent on-the-job experience including on providing trauma-informed, patient-centered care, referring individuals to appropriate treatments for co-occurring disorders, and sensitivity training."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "A 5527"
+citation: "New York A 5527 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["WILLIAMS"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-02-19"
+last_action: "2021-10-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86a3d234-f9ae-4f1b-b018-df737259835b"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A5527"
+source_hash: "82ce56f5077266aca50d051cdb57136abac43005133d9948e6e378996d9e366d"
+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 5527 (2021-2022) — Relates to approved courses of study or equivalent on-the-job experience for counselors
+
+Relates to requiring counselors to have certain courses of study or equivalent on-the-job experience including on providing trauma-informed, patient-centered care, referring individuals to appropriate treatments for co-occurring disorders, and sensitivity training.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A5527** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5527&term=2021&Text=Y)
+2. **A5527A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A5527A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- WILLIAMS — primary (person)
+- FORREST — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-19** REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-19** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-19** PRINT NUMBER 5527A `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-24** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-25** REPORTED
+- **2021-05-25** RULES REPORT CAL.121
+- **2021-05-25** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.121
+- **2021-05-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2021-05-25** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2021-05-25** REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR S361A
+- **2021-06-03** 3RD READING CAL.89
+- **2021-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2021-06-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2021-09-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-10-08** SIGNED CHAP.449 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86a3d234-f9ae-4f1b-b018-df737259835b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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