All Roll Calls
Yes: 196 • No: 19
New YorkS 66932025-2026 Regular SessionSenate
Modernizes the practice of podiatry
Sponsored By: Robert Jackson (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Podiatrists can provide more ankle care
Beginning 18 months after enactment, New York podiatrists can diagnose, treat, and prescribe for ankle conditions. This includes local effects of whole-body diseases on the foot or ankle and physical exams linked to podiatric treatment. They can treat connected foot or ankle wounds, but not above the distal tibial tuberosity in the lower leg. Podiatrists without ankle-surgery privileges can treat malleolar fractures—breaks around the ankle—without surgery. Ankle surgery requires the appropriate standard or advanced ankle-surgery privilege. The law removes the express ban on partial or total ankle replacements; other surgical requirements still apply. Pilon fracture treatment remains excluded, and traumatic open wound fractures must be treated in hospitals. Podiatrists remain limited to local anesthetics; other authorized professionals must give broader anesthesia.
Podiatrists lose some lower-leg care authority
Beginning 18 months after enactment, the law narrows express authority for podiatrists with ankle-surgery privileges. It removes their express authority to diagnose, treat, and prescribe for lower-leg soft-tissue conditions below the tibial tuberosity. Their authority to operate on that tissue remains. Their separate authority to diagnose, treat, and prescribe for ankle conditions also remains, within the law's limits.
More podiatrists qualify for surgical training
Beginning 18 months after enactment, New York adds a limited-permit pathway for advanced ankle surgery. Licensed podiatrists must meet residency requirements and be board-qualified, though not yet certified, in reconstructive rearfoot and ankle surgery. The national board's standards must be accepted by the New York Department of Education. The existing pathway for licensed applicants meeting residency and board-certification requirements remains. Permit holders need direct personal supervision from a licensed podiatrist with advanced ankle-surgery privileges or a licensed, board-certified orthopedic physician. The department issues permits and can adopt needed rules on or before the effective date.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Robert Jackson
Democratic • Senate
Cosponsors
Patricia Fahy
Democratic • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 6/17/2025
Assembly floor vote
Yes: 131 • No: 4
Senate vote • 6/12/2025
FLOOR Vote
Yes: 46 • No: 13
committee vote • 6/9/2025
Rules Committee Vote
Yes: 19 • No: 2
Actions Timeline
SIGNED CHAP.635
12/12/2025SenateDELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
12/8/2025SenateRETURNED TO SENATE
6/17/2025HousePASSED ASSEMBLY
6/17/2025HouseORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.889
6/17/2025HouseSUBSTITUTED FOR A4613B
6/17/2025HouseREFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
6/12/2025HouseDELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
6/12/2025SenatePASSED SENATE
6/12/2025SenateAMENDED ON THIRD READING 6693B
6/9/2025SenateORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1635
6/9/2025SenateCOMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
6/9/2025SenatePRINT NUMBER 6693A
5/7/2025SenateAMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION
5/7/2025SenateREFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
3/19/2025Senate
Bill Text
Amendment B
6/9/2025
Amendment A
5/7/2025
Original
3/19/2025
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