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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires translations of a patient's rights into the six most common non-English languages of New York State; and relates to the posting of information relating to the long-term care ombudsman program"
+description: "Requires translations of a patient's rights into the six most common non-English languages of New York State; relates to the posting of information relating to the long-term care ombudsman program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "S 4377"
+citation: "New York S 4377 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["MAY"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-02-03"
+last_action: "2021-12-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/818f0e21-a625-49f7-b291-8505370355de"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4377"
+source_hash: "8bdb3e15148268b81d8c40df7a63dba6f657a57c52db51867f35a0bdd3940602"
+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 4377 (2021-2022) — Requires translations of a patient's rights into the six most common non-English languages of New York State; and relates to the posting of information relating to the long-term care ombudsman program
+
+Requires translations of a patient's rights into the six most common non-English languages of New York State; relates to the posting of information relating to the long-term care ombudsman program.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S4377** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4377&term=2021&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Health Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **138–7** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- MAY — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-03** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-22** 1ST REPORT CAL.379
+- **2021-02-23** 2ND REPORT CAL.
+- **2021-02-24** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
+- **2021-03-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2021-03-24** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2021-03-24** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6222
+- **2021-05-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.326
+- **2021-05-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2021-05-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2021-12-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.705 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-12-21** APPROVAL MEMO.84
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/818f0e21-a625-49f7-b291-8505370355de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+