---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to mental health and substance use disorder parity reporting; repeals provisions in relation thereto"
description: "Requires certain insurance companies to provide the superintendent of financial services mental health and substance use disorder parity reports; repeals provisions of the insurance law in relation thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 4356"
citation: "New York S 4356 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ORTT"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-08"
last_action: "2019-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4624586-0364-498e-962a-d12fe328c967"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S4356"
source_hash: "4a2afbf3e0591368f85d293cfc15e544984699b463e94d29482c7c81a7517645"
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 4356 (2019-2020) — Relates to mental health and substance use disorder parity reporting; repeals provisions in relation thereto

Requires certain insurance companies to provide the superintendent of financial services mental health and substance use disorder parity reports; repeals provisions of the insurance law in relation thereto.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4356** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4356&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **139–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ORTT — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.257
- **2019-03-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-03-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-03-12** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6186A
- **2019-05-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.206
- **2019-05-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-01** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-08-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-29** SIGNED CHAP.207 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4624586-0364-498e-962a-d12fe328c967`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).