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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 6425: Requires the establishment of community housing waiting lists within the office of mental health service system

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 6425 is a bill introduced in the New York House on March 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires the establishment of community housing waiting lists within the office of mental health service system. Primary sponsor: Latrice Walker (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Requires the establishment of community housing waiting lists within the office of mental health service system; directs each provider of housing services in the office of mental health system to provide, on a monthly basis, the office of mental health with a list of each person referred to, admitted to, applying for, withdrawing an application for and denied admission to housing provided by such provider; requires the community-based agency performing assessments of persons with a documented mental illness to provide the office with the names of such who have been assessed and who meet the eligibility criteria for the array of funded and/or licensed housing programs; requires such office to publish such waiting lists on a monthly basis.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Latrice WalkerPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse55
Jo Anne SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
  2. REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source