---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows patients up to ten visits with an occupational therapist without a referral from a physician or nurse practitioner"
description: "Allows patients to receive certain treatment by an occupational therapist without a referral from a physician or nurse practitioner; requires the occupational therapist to inform the patient of certain potential insurance issues; relates to eliminating the need for referrals for certain treatment under coverage provided by certain motor vehicle insurance policies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 3202"
citation: "New York A 3202 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MCDONALD"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2022-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c48cc08-493a-4996-a551-527da6f2633e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A3202"
source_hash: "839d45b8a60c155083371871255823b503ead3eb6890592804230d02c50fd7ef"
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 3202 (2021-2022) — Allows patients up to ten visits with an occupational therapist without a referral from a physician or nurse practitioner

Allows patients to receive certain treatment by an occupational therapist without a referral from a physician or nurse practitioner; requires the occupational therapist to inform the patient of certain potential insurance issues; relates to eliminating the need for referrals for certain treatment under coverage provided by certain motor vehicle insurance policies.

## Version chain

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

1. **A3202** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A3202&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A3202A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A3202A)
3. **A3202B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A3202B)
4. **A3202C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A3202C)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **138–1** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote — **146–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: C — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MCDONALD — primary (person)
- ASHBY — cosponsor (person)
- DICKENS — cosponsor (person)
- FAHY — cosponsor (person)
- FORREST — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED — cosponsor (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
- JENSEN — cosponsor (person)
- MEEKS — cosponsor (person)
- O'DONNELL — cosponsor (person)
- PALMESANO — cosponsor (person)
- STECK — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** PRINT NUMBER 3202A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-17** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17** PRINT NUMBER 3202B `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-19** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** PRINT NUMBER 3202C `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-25** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** REPORTED
- **2021-06-01** RULES REPORT CAL.168
- **2021-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.168
- **2021-06-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-01** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-01** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** DIED IN SENATE
- **2022-01-05** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.117
- **2022-01-26** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-01-26** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-01-26** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-24** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5663A
- **2022-05-24** 3RD READING CAL.1240
- **2022-05-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-24** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-11-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.601 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c48cc08-493a-4996-a551-527da6f2633e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).