---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to mental health services required to be covered by certain insurance policies"
description: "Relates to mental health services required to be covered by certain insurance policies; removes the requirement that services from creative arts therapists be covered by certain policies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 1975"
citation: "New York A 1975 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harry B. Bronson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4317f19b-d871-45d3-a58c-771582c2aeaa"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A1975"
source_hash: "37f8b218f70fb56d44473f4fdc5164e7d152516da2ab6fe22ea9280fc98c49f4"
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 1975 (2023-2024) — Relates to mental health services required to be covered by certain insurance policies

Relates to mental health services required to be covered by certain insurance policies; removes the requirement that services from creative arts therapists be covered by certain policies.

## Version chain

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

1. **A1975** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1975&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harry B. Bronson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** REPORTED
- **2023-01-31** RULES REPORT CAL.67
- **2023-01-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.67
- **2023-02-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-02-01** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-02-01** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1355
- **2023-02-06** 3RD READING CAL.122
- **2023-02-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-02-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-03-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-03** SIGNED CHAP.62 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4317f19b-d871-45d3-a58c-771582c2aeaa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).