New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York A11665: Relates to telehealth in-home mental health service delivery
Status: In committee, September 2, 2026
Ensures statewide telehealth access for recipients of licensed article thirty-one mental health outpatient treatment and rehabilitative services.
What the bill says
An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to telehealth in-home mental health service delivery.
From the introduced text, September 2, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to telehealth in-home mental health service delivery THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature finds and declares that: 1. Access to mental health services is a critical public health priority throughout New York state, particularly in rural, underserved, and geographically isolated communities. 2. Telehealth has proven to be a vital and effective modality for delivering mental health outpatient treatment and rehabilitative services, removing barriers of geography, transportation, and stigma that prevent New Yorkers from obtaining needed care. 3. The office of mental health, through its regulations adopted pursuant to title 14 NYCRR parts 596 and 599, has broadly authorized licensed article thirty-one mental health outpatient treatment and rehabilitative service programs to deliver services via telehealth to recipients at their place of residence or other location, without regard to the county in which the recipient resides. 4. Notwithstanding such regulatory authority, certain regional field offices of the office of mental health have imposed, or attempted to impose, geographic restrictions limiting licensed article thirty-one providers to serving only recipients within the county of the program's primary operating certificate. Such restrictions have no basis in statute or regulation, are inconsistent with state policy, and cause …
Sponsors
- Aron Wieder (D, 97) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Subjects: Mental Hygiene Law
Common questions
- What is A11665?
- A11665 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Relates to telehealth in-home mental health service delivery.
- What does A11665 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to telehealth in-home mental health service delivery.
- What is the status of A11665?
- In committee as of September 2, 2026. Latest action: REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH (September 2, 2026).
- Who sponsored A11665?
- Aron Wieder (D, 97).
- Where is the official record for A11665?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A11665
Source: official New York record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.