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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to physical therapist assistants"
+description: "Provides that supervision by a licensed physical therapist of a physical therapist assistant shall be continuous but shall not require the physical presence of the licensed physical therapist at the time and place where services are being performed; requires a licensed physical therapist to be available for consultation with the physical therapist assistant or the patient within a reasonable amount of time."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "S 4892"
+citation: "New York S 4892 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Toby Ann Stavisky"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-02-14"
+last_action: "2025-11-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e5a7075-53c0-43b2-954c-1e419a283a21"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S4892"
+source_hash: "b7ce7d0c8f854b492848f87c5786dcbdee3087deb6037b5b0a497156fcf7754d"
+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 S 4892 (2025-2026) — Relates to physical therapist assistants
+
+Provides that supervision by a licensed physical therapist of a physical therapist assistant shall be continuous but shall not require the physical presence of the licensed physical therapist at the time and place where services are being performed; requires a licensed physical therapist to be available for consultation with the physical therapist assistant or the patient within a reasonable amount of time.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S4892** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4892&term=2025&Text=Y)
+2. **S4892A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4892A)
+3. **S4892B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4892B)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
+- Higher Education Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Floor Vote - Version: B — **59–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Toby Ann Stavisky — primary (person)
+- Joseph A. Griffo — cosponsor (person)
+- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
+- Nathalia Fernandez — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-14** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-04** 1ST REPORT CAL.458
+- **2025-03-05** 2ND REPORT CAL.
+- **2025-03-10** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
+- **2025-03-19** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4892A `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-03-20** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4892B `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-04-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-04-28** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-04-28** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7832
+- **2025-05-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.132
+- **2025-06-12** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2025-06-12** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.549 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e5a7075-53c0-43b2-954c-1e419a283a21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+