---
type: "Bill"
title: "Makes care and services provided by licensed mental health practitioners eligible for coverage under the Medicaid program"
description: "Makes care and services provided by licensed mental health practitioners eligible for coverage under the Medicaid program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 6575"
citation: "New York S 6575 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SAVINO"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-05-06"
last_action: "2021-12-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3f6019b-d551-4b94-8630-c9fb5ff95c16"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6575"
source_hash: "3ab984fc81810168ff2d5da9be4a95e9ce6e31ea0a217d9e53c14e645ebeb96a"
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 6575 (2021-2022) — Makes care and services provided by licensed mental health practitioners eligible for coverage under the Medicaid program

Makes care and services provided by licensed mental health practitioners eligible for coverage under the Medicaid program.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6575** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6575&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Health Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **126–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SAVINO — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-06** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** 1ST REPORT CAL.1229
- **2021-05-20** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-05-24** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-02** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-02** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6323
- **2021-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.345
- **2021-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-29** SIGNED CHAP.819 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-29** APPROVAL MEMO.160

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3f6019b-d551-4b94-8630-c9fb5ff95c16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).