New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York A329: Relates to setting integrated behavioral health services
Status: Signed into law, June 5, 2026
Authorizes the commissioner of the office of mental health, and the office of addiction services and support to jointly establish a single set of licensing standards and requirements for the construction, operation, reporting and surveillance of integrated behavioral health services.
What the bill says
An act to amend the mental hygiene law, the public health law and the social services law, in relation to setting integrated behavioral health services.
From the amended text, May 12, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, the public health law and the social services law, in relation to setting integrated behavioral health services THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section 36.08 to read as follows: § 36.08 INTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES. (A) FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION "INTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES" MEANS THE SYSTEMATIC COORDINATION OF EVIDENCE-BASED HEALTH CARE SERVICES, TO INCLUDE THE PREVENTATIVE, DIAGNOSTIC, THERAPEUTIC AND REHABILITATIVE CARE AND TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS, ADDICTION AND THE PROVISION OF PHYSICAL HEALTH SERVICES, OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY A MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIRTY-ONE OF THIS TITLE, OR ADDICTION DISORDER SERVICES PROVIDED BY A PROVIDER CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIRTY-TWO OF THIS TITLE TO ANY INDIVIDUAL, INCLUDING CHILDREN AND YOUTH, SEEKING SERVICES REGARDLESS OF THEIR PRIMARY DIAGNOSIS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE SCOPE OF SUCH SERVICES MAY BE RESTRICTED PURSUANT TO REGULATION. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00591-10-6 A. 329--C 2 (B) (I) THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND THE OFFICE OF ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS ARE AUTHORIZED TO JOINTLY ESTABLISH A SINGLE LICENSE AND SET OF REGULATIONS, STANDARDS AND …
Sponsors
- Chantel Jackson (D, 79) · primary sponsor
- Angelo Santabarbara (D, 111)
- Monique Chandler-Waterman (D, 58)
Latest actions
- : SIGNED CHAP.60
- : DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
- : RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- : PASSED SENATE
- : 3RD READING CAL.1350
- : SUBSTITUTED FOR S3051B
- : REFERRED TO HEALTH
- : RETURNED TO SENATE
- : REPASSED ASSEMBLY
- : AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 329C
Votes
- Senate Floor Vote (June 4, 2026): 60 yea, 0 nay, passed
- FLOOR Vote (June 4, 2026): 60 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage (May 18, 2026): 137 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage (March 23, 2026): 142 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly Mental Health Committee: Favorable (March 17, 2026): 12 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Mental Hygiene Law
Common questions
- What is A329?
- A329 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Relates to setting integrated behavioral health services.
- What does A329 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the mental hygiene law, the public health law and the social services law, in relation to setting integrated behavioral health services.
- What is the status of A329?
- Signed into law as of June 5, 2026. Latest action: SIGNED CHAP.60 (June 5, 2026).
- Who sponsored A329?
- Chantel Jackson (D, 79), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for A329?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A329
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