New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York A11658: Relates to supplemental therapeutic services reimbursement
Status: In committee, July 29, 2026
Establishes mandatory supplemental therapeutic services reimbursement for certain individuals receiving services through the office for people with developmental disabilities.
What the bill says
An act to amend the mental hygiene law and the public health law, in relation to establishing a mandatory supplemental therapeutic services reimbursement for individuals receiving services through the office for people with developmental disabilities.
From the introduced text, July 29, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law and the public health law, in relation to establishing a mandatory supplemental therapeutic services reimbursement for individuals receiving services through the office for people with developmental disabilities 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 16.36 to read as follows: § 16.36 SUPPLEMENTAL THERAPEUTIC SERVICES REIMBURSEMENT. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR REGULATION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, UPON APPLICATION AND UPON SATISFACTION OF THE CRITERIA SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION, AUTHORIZE SUPPLEMENTAL REIMBURSEMENT FOR THERAPEUTIC SERVICES FOR AN ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL WHEN SUCH SERVICES: (A) HAVE BEEN DETERMINED TO BE MEDICALLY NECESSARY; (B) ARE INCLUDED IN AN APPROVED SERVICE PLAN, PLAN OF CARE, OR OTHER AUTHORIZED PLANNING DOCUMENT; AND (C) CANNOT BE SECURED WITHIN TWENTY-ONE DAYS DESPITE DOCUMENTED REASONABLE EFFORTS TO OBTAIN SUCH SERVICES AT STATE-ESTABLISHED REIMBURSEMENT RATES. 2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "THERAPEUTIC SERVICES" SHALL MEAN COUNSELING, PSYCHOTHERAPY, BEHAVIORAL THERAPY, OR OTHER CLINICALLY APPROPRIATE THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION PROVIDED BY A PERSON WHO IS LICENSED, CERTIFIED, OR OTHERWISE LEGALLY AUTHORIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THIS STATE TO FURNISH SUCH SERVICE. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL REIMBURSEMENT UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE APPROVED UPON A DETERMINATION BY THE COMMISSIONER, OR …
Sponsors
- Aron Wieder (D, 97) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : REFERRED TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Subjects: Mental Hygiene Law
Common questions
- What is A11658?
- A11658 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Relates to supplemental therapeutic services reimbursement.
- What does A11658 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the mental hygiene law and the public health law, in relation to establishing a mandatory supplemental therapeutic services reimbursement for individuals receiving services through the office for people with developmental disabilities.
- What is the status of A11658?
- In committee as of July 29, 2026. Latest action: REFERRED TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (July 29, 2026).
- Who sponsored A11658?
- Aron Wieder (D, 97).
- Where is the official record for A11658?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A11658
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