---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to establishing a 9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system"
description: "Establishes a 9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system; provides crisis intervention services and crisis care coordination to individuals accessing the 9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 6194"
citation: "New York S 6194 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BROUK"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-14"
last_action: "2021-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbed901c-b643-48f2-a857-e8e4b140f06e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6194"
source_hash: "b0234b33322560b21b15f5e72b94bfa0f8b777db60a28d8149efd519e0c8f626"
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 6194 (2021-2022) — Relates to establishing a 9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system

Establishes a 9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system; provides crisis intervention services and crisis care coordination to individuals accessing the 9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6194** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6194&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S6194A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S6194A)
3. **S6194B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S6194B)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: B — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BROUK — primary (person)
- ADDABBO — cosponsor (person)
- BENJAMIN — cosponsor (person)
- BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
- HARCKHAM — cosponsor (person)
- HELMING — cosponsor (person)
- RITCHIE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-14** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-30** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO MENTAL HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO MENTAL HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** PRINT NUMBER 6194A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-05** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO MENTAL HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-05** PRINT NUMBER 6194B `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-07** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1556
- **2021-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-08** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7177B
- **2021-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.793
- **2021-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.793 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.145

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbed901c-b643-48f2-a857-e8e4b140f06e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).