---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the members of the veterans' mental health and suicide prevention task force"
description: "Adds four members to the veterans' mental health and suicide prevention task force including the commissioner of the office of mental health, the director of veterans' services, the commissioner of the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services, and the commissioner of health, or their designees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 8728"
citation: "New York A 8728 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CUSICK"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a9e9b50-11e1-462b-849a-9eb7bdb6a470"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A8728"
source_hash: "63a5a03d42cfaaa1500527e101de22b1e08d95a35b40a346a9b0b73a44a65064"
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 8728 (2021-2022) — Relates to the members of the veterans' mental health and suicide prevention task force

Adds four members to the veterans' mental health and suicide prevention task force including the commissioner of the office of mental health, the director of veterans' services, the commissioner of the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services, and the commissioner of health, or their designees.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8728** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8728&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- CUSICK — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** REPORTED
- **2022-01-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.319
- **2022-01-31** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-01-31** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-02-01** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7804
- **2022-02-01** 3RD READING CAL.170
- **2022-02-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-02-01** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-02-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-24** SIGNED CHAP.36 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a9e9b50-11e1-462b-849a-9eb7bdb6a470`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).