---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to lactation counseling services"
description: "Relates to lactation counseling services when such services are ordered by a physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or midwife."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 6952"
citation: "New York S 6952 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAPLAN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/993fb357-6771-4d6e-8667-816b93fdf39f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6952"
source_hash: "062c4a651ae6c616128e7331a3978ba7dea7bc2f075606cd6ff7ce6023e98210"
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 6952 (2019-2020) — Relates to lactation counseling services

Relates to lactation counseling services when such services are ordered by a physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or midwife.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6952** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6952&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **18–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KAPLAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.31
- **2020-01-15** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-01-15** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-01-15** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9648
- **2020-02-26** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.413
- **2020-02-26** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-02-26** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-04-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-04-17** SIGNED CHAP.61 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/993fb357-6771-4d6e-8667-816b93fdf39f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).