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legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/s-6544.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establishes protections from excess hospital charges"
+description: "Establishes protections from excess hospital charges."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "S 6544"
+citation: "New York S 6544 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["KRUEGER"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-06-15"
+last_action: "2019-10-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34f3c673-21c1-44bc-8e2a-66057a0b4bca"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6544"
+source_hash: "fd0c631499068d265f933f1be3cf93b4cd962e870f51480207f236286be2e81c"
+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 6544 (2019-2020) — Establishes protections from excess hospital charges
+
+Establishes protections from excess hospital charges.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S6544** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6544&term=2019&Text=Y)
+2. **S6544A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S6544A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper
+- Rules Vote - Version: A — **19–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- KRUEGER — primary (person)
+- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
+- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-06-15** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-16** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-06-16** PRINT NUMBER 6544A `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1654
+- **2019-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2019-06-19** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2019-06-19** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8404
+- **2019-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.538
+- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2019-10-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-10-17** SIGNED CHAP.377 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34f3c673-21c1-44bc-8e2a-66057a0b4bca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+