New York State Senator

Samra Brouk Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07978

Introduced
5/15/25  
Provides additional support to children with complex needs under the jurisdiction of the state; requires data collection regarding children under the jurisdiction of the state; provides additional funding to the council on children and families.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08081

Introduced
5/15/25  
Provides alternate education and experience requirements for mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, and psychoanalysts licensed prior to 06/24/2027, to be issued privilege to diagnose and develop assessment-based treatment plans; removes fees for application for such diagnostic privileges.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08082

Introduced
5/15/25  
Refer
5/15/25  
Engrossed
6/9/25  
Directs the commissioner to promulgate regulations for the release of patient records by the office of mental health.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08083

Introduced
5/15/25  
Requires each state-operated facility that delivers health care services which is operated and licensed pursuant to the mental hygiene law, the education law, the correction law or section 504 of the executive law and which requires two or more registered nurses or licensed practical nurses to be present within the facility at any given time.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08210

Introduced
5/21/25  
Requires documents utilized by state agencies, public authorities and municipalities to replace the term "emotionally disturbed person" with the term "person experiencing an emotional crisis".
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08222

Introduced
5/23/25  
Refer
5/23/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Authorizes the commissioner of health to approve certain reimbursement rates for certain programs established by not-for-profit and public skilled nursing facilities in upstate New York nursing home regions that are designed to work collaboratively on efforts to improve nursing home efficiency, staffing, and quality of care.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08309

Introduced
5/30/25  
Returns outpatient mental health and substance use disorder services to Medicaid fee-for-service.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08096

Introduced
5/15/25  
Prevents public employers from diminishing health insurance benefits provided to retirees and their Medicare-eligible dependents or the contributions such employer makes for such health insurance coverage below the level of such benefits or contributions made on behalf of such retirees and their dependents by such public employer.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08218

Introduced
5/22/25  
Refer
5/22/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Relates to calculation of interests costs for certain bonds issued to finance school rehabilitation or reconstruction costs for Rochester schools.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08221

Introduced
5/23/25  
Enacts into law components of legislation that relate to live event ticket sales; establishes an annual professional reseller renewal fee; requires professional ticket resellers to provide their New York state ticket reseller license number as a condition of utilizing an online resale marketplace to resell tickets (Part A); provides criteria for when a purchaser may obtain a full refund of the amount paid for a ticket (Part B); relates to resale requirements for tickets; requires that if a licensee or other ticket reseller doesn't have possession of the ticket, then they shall have a written contract to obtain the offered ticket at a certain price from a person or entity in possession of the ticket or from a person or entity who has a contractual right to obtain such ticket, and tickets to the event have been placed on sale by the venue or entity hosting the event or its authorized agent before the licensee or reseller can advertise the sale of the tickets (Part C); relates to unlawful charges in connection with tickets; permits reasonable charges for costs actually rendered or otherwise in connection to customer support, technological and software infrastructure, and actual operational costs for sales away from the box office; defines terms (Part D); relates to the availability of tickets for sale to the general public; defines a term (Part E); relates to the resale of tickets included in a subscription or season ticket package (Part F); extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to tickets to places of entertainment (Part G).