---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to approved courses of study or equivalent on-the-job experience for counselors"
description: "Relates to requiring counselors to have certain courses of study or equivalent on-the-job experience including on providing trauma-informed, patient-centered care, referring individuals to appropriate treatments for co-occurring disorders, and sensitivity training."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 5527"
citation: "New York A 5527 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WILLIAMS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2021-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86a3d234-f9ae-4f1b-b018-df737259835b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A5527"
source_hash: "82ce56f5077266aca50d051cdb57136abac43005133d9948e6e378996d9e366d"
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 5527 (2021-2022) — Relates to approved courses of study or equivalent on-the-job experience for counselors

Relates to requiring counselors to have certain courses of study or equivalent on-the-job experience including on providing trauma-informed, patient-centered care, referring individuals to appropriate treatments for co-occurring disorders, and sensitivity training.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5527** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5527&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A5527A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A5527A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- WILLIAMS — primary (person)
- FORREST — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-19** REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** PRINT NUMBER 5527A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-24** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25** REPORTED
- **2021-05-25** RULES REPORT CAL.121
- **2021-05-25** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.121
- **2021-05-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-25** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-25** REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR S361A
- **2021-06-03** 3RD READING CAL.89
- **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.449 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86a3d234-f9ae-4f1b-b018-df737259835b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).