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legislation/us/states/ny/2021-2022/a-259.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to accreditation, approval, and operation of midwifery birth centers"
+description: "Provides that the commissioner of health shall approve the operating certificate of a midwifery birth center which is accredited by a recognized accrediting organization."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "A 259"
+citation: "New York A 259 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["GOTTFRIED"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-01-06"
+last_action: "2021-12-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c5911ab-e026-4dc4-b85d-1955e3772435"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A259"
+source_hash: "e5ca8c9c5eefb8222ab48ea5e2dbc9c18352cf843cf8d2670e07d9476ed0f3cf"
+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 A 259 (2021-2022) — Relates to accreditation, approval, and operation of midwifery birth centers
+
+Provides that the commissioner of health shall approve the operating certificate of a midwifery birth center which is accredited by a recognized accrediting organization.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A259** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A259&term=2021&Text=Y)
+2. **A259A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A259A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- GOTTFRIED — primary (person)
+- AUBRY — cosponsor (person)
+- BARRON — cosponsor (person)
+- BICHOTTE HERMELYN — cosponsor (person)
+- BRONSON — cosponsor (person)
+- DICKENS — cosponsor (person)
+- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
+- GONZALEZ-ROJAS — cosponsor (person)
+- PAULIN — cosponsor (person)
+- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
+- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
+- SOLAGES — cosponsor (person)
+- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-03** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-03** PRINT NUMBER 259A `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-02-24** REPORTED
+- **2021-02-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.117
+- **2021-03-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2021-03-08** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2021-03-08** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1414A
+- **2021-05-20** 3RD READING CAL.658
+- **2021-05-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2021-05-20** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2021-12-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-12-31** SIGNED CHAP.821 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-12-31** APPROVAL MEMO.161
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c5911ab-e026-4dc4-b85d-1955e3772435`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+