New York S 9997: Relates to physical therapist assistants
Status: REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION (as of 2026-05-14)
State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 9997
Sponsors: Toby Ann Stavisky
Bill Text
Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly • • • • • • • • Skip to main content New York State Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie --> --> --> • Assembly Members • Legislative Info • Public Hearings • Speaker's Press • Assembly Reports • Committees & More • Bill Search Home • Laws • Legislative Calendar • Public Hearing Schedule • Assembly Calendars • Assembly Committee Agenda Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. Bill No.: • Summary • Actions • Committee Votes • Floor Votes • Memo • Text • LFIN • Chamber Video/Transcript S09997 Summary: BILL NOS09997   SAME ASSAME AS A11220   SPONSORSTAVISKY   COSPNSR   MLTSPNSR   Amd §6738, Ed L   Changes the definition of continuous supervision in relation to physical therapist assistants in both the home care setting and school setting by eliminating the joint visit requirement with the patient by the supervising licensed physical therapist and the licensed physical therapist assistant. Go to top S09997 Actions: BILL NOS09997   04/21/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION 05/05/20261ST REPORT CAL.926 05/06/20262ND REPORT CAL. 05/07/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 05/14/2026PASSED SENATE 05/14/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY 05/14/2026referred to higher education 06/05/2026substituted for a11220 06/05/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.613 06/05/2026passed assembly 06/05/2026returned to senate Go to topS09997 Committee Votes: Go to topS09997 Floor Votes: DATE:06/05/2026Assembly Vote YEA/NAY: 131/0Yes Alvarez Yes Carroll P Yes Friend Yes Lemondes Yes Pheffer Amato Yes Slater Yes Anderson Yes Carroll RC Yes Gallagher Yes Levenberg Yes Pirozzolo Yes Smith Yes Angelino Yes Cashman Yes Gallahan Yes Lucas Yes Powers Yes Smullen Yes Bailey Yes Chandler-Waterm Yes Gandolfo Yes Lunsford Yes Pretlow Yes Solages Yes Barclay Yes Chang ER Gibbs Yes Lupardo Yes Ra Yes Steck Yes Barrett Yes Chludzinski Yes Giglio Yes Magnarelli ER Raga Yes Stern Yes Beephan Yes Clark Yes Glick ER Maher Yes Rajkumar Yes Stirpe Yes Bendett Yes Colton Yes Gonzalez-Rojas Yes Manktelow Yes Ramos Yes Tague Yes Benedetto Yes Conrad Yes Gray Yes McDonald Yes Reilly Yes Tannousis ER Berger ER Cook Yes Griffin ER McDonough Yes Reyes Yes Tapia Yes Bichotte Hermel Yes Cruz Yes Hawley Yes McMahon Yes Rivera Yes Taylor Yes Blankenbush Yes Cunningham Yes Hevesi Yes Meeks Yes Romero Yes Torres Yes Blumencranz Yes Dais Yes Hooks Yes ‡ Mikulin Yes Rosenthal ER Valdez Yes Bologna Yes Davila Yes Hunter Yes Miller ER Rozic Yes Vanel ER Bores Yes De Los Santos Yes Hyndman Yes Mitaynes Yes Santabarbara Yes Walker Yes Brabenec ER DeStefano Yes Jackson Yes Molitor Yes Sayegh Yes Walsh Yes Braunstein ER Dilan Yes Jacobson Yes Moreno Yes Schiavoni Yes Weprin Yes Bronson Yes Dinowitz Yes Jensen ER Morinello Yes Seawright ER Wieder Yes Brook-Krasny Yes ‡ DiPietro Yes Kassay Yes Norber Yes Sempolinski Yes Williams Yes Brown EA Yes Durso Yes Kay Yes Novakhov Yes Septimo Yes Woerner Yes Brown K Yes Eachus ER Kelles Yes O'Pharrow Yes Shimsky ER Wright Yes Burdick ER Eichenstein Yes Kim Yes Otis Yes Shrestha ER Yeger Yes ‡ Burke Yes Fall Yes Lasher Yes Palmesano Yes Simon Yes Zaccaro Yes Burroughs Yes Fitzpatrick Yes Lavine Yes Paulin Yes Simone ER Zinerman Yes ‡ Buttenschon Yes Forrest ER Lee Yes Peoples-Stokes Yes Simpson Yes Mr. Speaker ‡ Indicates voting via videoconference Go to topS09997 Text: STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9997 IN SENATE April 21, 2026 ___________ Introduced by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to physical therapist assistants The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision c of section 6738 of the education law, as 2 amended by chapter 511 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 c. For the purposes of the provision of physical therapist assistant 5 services in a home care services setting, as such services are defined 6 in article thirty-six of the public health law, except that the home 7 care services setting sha
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