---
type: "Bill"
title: "Makes care and services provided by licensed mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists eligible for coverage under the Medicaid program"
description: "Makes care and services provided by licensed mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists eligible for coverage under the Medicaid program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7761"
citation: "New York S 7761 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SAVINO"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74fe8a61-0cba-4012-a3ce-3ac0216bab4a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7761"
source_hash: "bfdb54d22373a77917575a2d19e50d233607848ebe807b42b6f7cd0fba4af430"
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 7761 (2021-2022) — Makes care and services provided by licensed mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists eligible for coverage under the Medicaid program

Makes care and services provided by licensed mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists eligible for coverage under the Medicaid program.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7761** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7761&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–1** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **110–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SAVINO — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.135
- **2022-01-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-01-24** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-24** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8702
- **2022-01-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.315
- **2022-02-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-02-14** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-02-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-24** SIGNED CHAP.97 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74fe8a61-0cba-4012-a3ce-3ac0216bab4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).