---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to including applied behavioral analysis under standard coverage for Medicaid recipients"
description: "Includes applied behavioral analysis provided by a licensed behavior analyst or certified behavior analyst assistant under standard coverage for Medicaid recipients."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 299"
citation: "New York A 299 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GOTTFRIED"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2022-12-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24ab6e42-3021-4683-a59e-0779c595030a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A299"
source_hash: "bb28b0ad7c4ffc716975b4bc53cfdb0506064dcf2fb4c8ec4e93dfdf0107af6b"
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 299 (2021-2022) — Relates to including applied behavioral analysis under standard coverage for Medicaid recipients

Includes applied behavioral analysis provided by a licensed behavior analyst or certified behavior analyst assistant under standard coverage for Medicaid recipients.

## Version chain

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

1. **A299** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A299&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A299A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A299A)
3. **A299B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A299B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **142–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- GOTTFRIED — primary (person)
- ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
- ASHBY — cosponsor (person)
- DESTEFANO — cosponsor (person)
- FAHY — cosponsor (person)
- SANTABARBARA — cosponsor (person)
- SAYEGH — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** PRINT NUMBER 299A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-11** REPORTED
- **2021-05-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.338
- **2021-05-19** SUBSTITUTED BY S1578A
- **2022-01-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.21
- **2022-01-10** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 299B `amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-01-25** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-01-25** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1578B
- **2022-02-08** 3RD READING CAL.113
- **2022-02-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-02-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.733 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24ab6e42-3021-4683-a59e-0779c595030a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).