---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the office of mental health to establish a training program for the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder"
description: "Requires the office of mental health to establish a training program for the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder for military veterans; the program shall include a component on military culture competency and shall be intended for the training of mental health providers and mental health clinicians; certification of the completion of the program may be provided to participants through the office."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 793"
citation: "New York A 793 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pamela J. Hunter"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/becc0340-db5d-48e7-92cf-de4ad613dd3a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A793"
source_hash: "b0177b81d3c28d9d5a6d31b84a350e13af19d79dde13f27c3ec079a05248391e"
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 793 (2023-2024) — Requires the office of mental health to establish a training program for the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder

Requires the office of mental health to establish a training program for the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder for military veterans; the program shall include a component on military culture competency and shall be intended for the training of mental health providers and mental health clinicians; certification of the completion of the program may be provided to participants through the office.

## Version chain

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

1. **A793** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A793&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pamela J. Hunter — primary (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne Buttenschon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-24** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** REPORTED
- **2023-05-30** RULES REPORT CAL.318
- **2023-05-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.318
- **2023-05-30** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-30** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-05-30** REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7274
- **2023-06-08** 3RD READING CAL.1779
- **2023-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.736 `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.62

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/becc0340-db5d-48e7-92cf-de4ad613dd3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).