republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2021-2022/a-5527.md

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Bill	Relates to approved courses of study or equivalent on-the-job experience for counselors	Relates to requiring counselors to have certain courses of study or equivalent on-the-job experience including on providing trauma-informed, patient-centered care, referring individuals to appropriate treatments for co-occurring disorders, and sensitivity training.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2021-2022	A 5527	New York A 5527 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	WILLIAMS	2	16	2	2021-02-19	2021-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/86a3d234-f9ae-4f1b-b018-df737259835b	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A5527	82ce56f5077266aca50d051cdb57136abac43005133d9948e6e378996d9e366d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York A 5527 (2021-2022) — Relates to approved courses of study or equivalent on-the-job experience for counselors

Relates to requiring counselors to have certain courses of study or equivalent on-the-job experience including on providing trauma-informed, patient-centered care, referring individuals to appropriate treatments for co-occurring disorders, and sensitivity training.

Version chain

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

1. A5527 (committee substitute) — source
2. A5527A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Floor Vote - Version: A — 63–0 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Vote — 147–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• WILLIAMS — primary (person)
• FORREST — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-19 REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE referral-committee
• 2021-05-19 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-05-19 PRINT NUMBER 5527A amendment-passage
• 2021-05-24 REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2021-05-25 REPORTED
• 2021-05-25 RULES REPORT CAL.121
• 2021-05-25 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.121
• 2021-05-25 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2021-05-25 DELIVERED TO SENATE
• 2021-05-25 REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE referral-committee
• 2021-06-03 SUBSTITUTED FOR S361A
• 2021-06-03 3RD READING CAL.89
• 2021-06-03 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2021-06-03 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2021-09-28 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2021-10-08 SIGNED CHAP.449 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/86a3d234-f9ae-4f1b-b018-df737259835b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).