---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the council for treatment equity within the office of addiction services and supports"
description: "Relates to the council for treatment equity within the office of addiction services and supports; eliminates the treatment equity advisory board; adds 4 members to the behavioral health services advisory council who have expertise in issues facing vulnerable populations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7693"
citation: "New York S 7693 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HARCKHAM"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-07"
last_action: "2022-01-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ea7ebec-e0d9-40a9-ad26-ad7f24d12e0f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7693"
source_hash: "83e7a1c870067cf54d19ab6e53e9c47536ede3df317281f3a0f3927d246bec82"
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 7693 (2021-2022) — Relates to the council for treatment equity within the office of addiction services and supports

Relates to the council for treatment equity within the office of addiction services and supports; eliminates the treatment equity advisory board; adds 4 members to the behavioral health services advisory council who have expertise in issues facing vulnerable populations.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7693** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7693&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **19–1** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **19–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HARCKHAM — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.21
- **2022-01-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-01-11** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-11** REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8781
- **2022-01-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.44
- **2022-01-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-01-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-01-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-01-24** SIGNED CHAP.4 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ea7ebec-e0d9-40a9-ad26-ad7f24d12e0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).