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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to medical attention for persons under arrest"
+description: "Provides that when a person is under arrest or otherwise in custody of a police officer, peace officer or other law enforcement representative or entity, such officer, representative or entity shall have a duty to provide attention to the medical and mental health needs of such person."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "S 6601"
+citation: "New York S 6601 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["BAILEY"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-06-18"
+last_action: "2020-06-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3da95dac-7da8-470f-931b-52ecf2d5b077"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6601"
+source_hash: "b97af190fbb3e4dd2fb4841e56a003052ec4492eab61f3f0aaeae6e2b6b9c57c"
+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 6601 (2019-2020) — Relates to medical attention for persons under arrest
+
+Provides that when a person is under arrest or otherwise in custody of a police officer, peace officer or other law enforcement representative or entity, such officer, representative or entity shall have a duty to provide attention to the medical and mental health needs of such person.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S6601** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6601&term=2019&Text=Y)
+2. **S6601A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S6601A)
+3. **S6601B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S6601B)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: B — **60–2** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **109–35** (pass) · lower
+- Rules Vote - Version: B — **18–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- BAILEY — primary (person)
+- BENJAMIN — cosponsor (person)
+- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
+- COMRIE — cosponsor (person)
+- HARCKHAM — cosponsor (person)
+- HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
+- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
+- KAVANAGH — cosponsor (person)
+- LIU — cosponsor (person)
+- MONTGOMERY — cosponsor (person)
+- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
+- SALAZAR — cosponsor (person)
+- SANDERS — cosponsor (person)
+- SAVINO — cosponsor (person)
+- SERRANO — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-06-18** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-10-07** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-10-07** PRINT NUMBER 6601A `amendment-passage`
+- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-06** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
+- **2020-06-06** PRINT NUMBER 6601B `amendment-passage`
+- **2020-06-08** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.691
+- **2020-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2020-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2020-06-09** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8226B
+- **2020-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.63
+- **2020-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2020-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2020-06-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-06-15** SIGNED CHAP.103 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3da95dac-7da8-470f-931b-52ecf2d5b077`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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