---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes certain medical professionals certified by a foreign government or another state or territory to provide medical services during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 and the FIFA World Cup 26"
description: "Authorizes any person who is licensed or certified as a physician, physician's assistant, massage therapist, physical therapist, chiropractor, dentist, optometrist, nurse, nurse practitioner, emergency medical technician, podiatrist or athletic trainer by a foreign government or another state or territory to provide medical services during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 and the FIFA World Cup 26."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 7623"
citation: "New York S 7623 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["José M. Serrano"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-23"
last_action: "2025-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be0b2158-3b91-4a74-b8d9-1aa89d3bed3a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S7623"
source_hash: "b3e3a6984554b0abc9fcfeef1a5f2deb6d5116816d4a3ea27576791bdfe1f42f"
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 7623 (2025-2026) — Authorizes certain medical professionals certified by a foreign government or another state or territory to provide medical services during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 and the FIFA World Cup 26

Authorizes any person who is licensed or certified as a physician, physician's assistant, massage therapist, physical therapist, chiropractor, dentist, optometrist, nurse, nurse practitioner, emergency medical technician, podiatrist or athletic trainer by a foreign government or another state or territory to provide medical services during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 and the FIFA World Cup 26.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7623** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7623&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- José M. Serrano — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-23** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.910
- **2025-05-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-05-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-05-12** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8149
- **2025-05-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.137
- **2025-05-12** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-05-12** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-05-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-23** SIGNED CHAP.134 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be0b2158-3b91-4a74-b8d9-1aa89d3bed3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).