---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides for definitions of mental health and family and youth peer and requires the office of mental health establish peer service qualification programs"
description: "Provides for definitions of mental health and family and youth peer advocates and requires the office of mental health to establish peer service qualification programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 7395"
citation: "New York A 7395 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Taylor Darling"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-19"
last_action: "2024-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3ce1927-8d11-461f-a516-c84a93408369"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A7395"
source_hash: "ab3f86235ebe8a91bb5305683c64907c64d73eddbad9caf4662381f5b001c00c"
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 7395 (2023-2024) — Provides for definitions of mental health and family and youth peer and requires the office of mental health establish peer service qualification programs

Provides for definitions of mental health and family and youth peer advocates and requires the office of mental health to establish peer service qualification programs.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7395** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7395&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Taylor Darling — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19** REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-24** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** REPORTED
- **2024-02-08** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.297
- **2024-02-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-02-13** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-02-13** REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR S9787
- **2024-06-04** 3RD READING CAL.1740
- **2024-06-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-04** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-08-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-28** SIGNED CHAP.233 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3ce1927-8d11-461f-a516-c84a93408369`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).