---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to veterans' services for post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury"
description: "Directs the division of veterans' services to provide information regarding resources that are available to assist veterans who experience post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury (TBI); directs portals on the division's internet website."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 2203"
citation: "New York A 2203 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BARRETT"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e692e303-2b2f-47f3-8bf5-8486ae2f4241"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A2203"
source_hash: "d6a42ae15c72fcd2bcd83ea554daff81ae25518dfe1fd391e6eb04d2611e9229"
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 2203 (2021-2022) — Relates to veterans' services for post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury

Directs the division of veterans' services to provide information regarding resources that are available to assist veterans who experience post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury (TBI); directs portals on the division's internet website.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2203** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2203&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BARRETT — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26** REPORTED
- **2021-01-28** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.75
- **2021-02-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-02-08** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-02-08** REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4971
- **2021-06-03** 3RD READING CAL.1249
- **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.443 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e692e303-2b2f-47f3-8bf5-8486ae2f4241`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).