---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to maternal depression treatment"
description: "Relates to maternal depression treatment; requires the department of health and office of mental health to provide information on their website regarding how to locate available providers who treat or provide support for maternal depression."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 8953"
citation: "New York A 8953 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RICHARDSON"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4c6890a-b51a-44ae-abc6-16f87a9c2353"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A8953"
source_hash: "ba1a01601da2858c8b928465fc57ec05101f50154aa6d3ce16fd1a7c465536bc"
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 8953 (2017-2018) — Relates to maternal depression treatment

Relates to maternal depression treatment; requires the department of health and office of mental health to provide information on their website regarding how to locate available providers who treat or provide support for maternal depression.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A8953 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8953&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A8953 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A8953)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- RICHARDSON — primary (person)
- ROZIC — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-09** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** REPORTED
- **2018-02-01** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.630
- **2018-02-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-02-05** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2018-02-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7409
- **2018-02-28** 3RD READING CAL.536
- **2018-02-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-02-28** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-05-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-01** SIGNED CHAP.62 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4c6890a-b51a-44ae-abc6-16f87a9c2353`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).