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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 6025: Authorizes licensed creative arts therapists to bill Medicaid directly for their services

Passed one chamber 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

S 6025 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on March 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Authorizes licensed creative arts therapists to bill Medicaid directly for their services. Primary sponsor: Samra Brouk (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 28, 2026): REFERRED TO HEALTH.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

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

Authorizes licensed creative arts therapists to bill Medicaid directly for their services.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Democratic/Working Families 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Samra BroukPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate55
Jabari BrisportCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate25
Nathalia FernándezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Michelle HincheyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate41
Kevin ParkerCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate21
Julia SalazarCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate18
Jessica Scarcella-SpantonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23
Jose SerranoCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate29
Lea WebbCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate52

“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 HEALTH
  2. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  3. PASSED SENATE
  4. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  5. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  6. 1ST REPORT CAL.1207
  7. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
  8. REFERRED TO HEALTH
  9. RETURNED TO SENATE
  10. DIED IN ASSEMBLY
  11. REFERRED TO HEALTH
  12. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

Showing 12 most recent of 18 actions. Full history

Sources

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