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legislation/us/states/ny/2017-2018/s-6078.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to prohibiting charges for certain health records needed for government benefits or programs"
+description: "Relates to health record access for government benefits or programs; prohibits providers and facilities from charging fees for providing access to or copies of records needed by a patient for an application, claim or appeal for a government benefit or program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "S 6078"
+citation: "New York S 6078 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["VALESKY"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-05-11"
+last_action: "2017-09-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/340f2a01-4409-4fa7-b45d-096e530814c9"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S6078"
+source_hash: "d8faa643f2427896775d5ed548a9f4c4f8b3085c841e5d3c52b77d96d1e1d507"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York S 6078 (2017-2018) — Relates to prohibiting charges for certain health records needed for government benefits or programs
+
+Relates to health record access for government benefits or programs; prohibits providers and facilities from charging fees for providing access to or copies of records needed by a patient for an application, claim or appeal for a government benefit or program.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S6078 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6078&term=2017&Text=Y)
+2. **S6078 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S6078)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **138–6** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote — **61–1** (pass) · upper
+- Health Vote — **17–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- VALESKY — primary (person)
+- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-05-11** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-23** 1ST REPORT CAL.1160
+- **2017-05-24** 2ND REPORT CAL.
+- **2017-06-05** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
+- **2017-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2017-06-19** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2017-06-19** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7842
+- **2017-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.409
+- **2017-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2017-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2017-09-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-09-13** SIGNED CHAP.322 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/340f2a01-4409-4fa7-b45d-096e530814c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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