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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to enacting the \"long-term care ombudsman program reform act\""
+description: "Directs the office of the state long-term care ombudsman to advertise and promote the long-term care ombudsman program (Part A); directs the commissioner of health, in consultation with the state long-term care ombudsman and the commissioners of the departments responsible for the license or certification of long-term care facilities, to establish policies and procedures for reporting, by staff and volunteers of the long-term care ombudsman program, issues concerning the health, safety and welfare of residents at long-term care facilities (Part B); includes access to state long-term care ombudsman program staff and volunteers within the pandemic emergency plan prepared by residential health care facilities (Part C)."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "S 612"
+citation: "New York S 612 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["MAY"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2021-01-06"
+last_action: "2021-12-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fe281b5-4ea8-4ff1-8e81-8c9054fd0d88"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S612"
+source_hash: "f18f0646f3d91dfe97a34c491ca06d3dbcf444979ba9213d3200c4a111c9ab9b"
+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 612 (2021-2022) — Relates to enacting the "long-term care ombudsman program reform act"
+
+Directs the office of the state long-term care ombudsman to advertise and promote the long-term care ombudsman program (Part A); directs the commissioner of health, in consultation with the state long-term care ombudsman and the commissioners of the departments responsible for the license or certification of long-term care facilities, to establish policies and procedures for reporting, by staff and volunteers of the long-term care ombudsman program, issues concerning the health, safety and welfare of residents at long-term care facilities (Part B); includes access to state long-term care ombudsman program staff and volunteers within the pandemic emergency plan prepared by residential health care facilities (Part C).
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S612** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S612)
+2. **S612A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S612A)
+3. **S612B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S612B)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
+- Rules Vote - Version: A — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+- Aging Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Floor Vote - Version: B — **63–0** (pass) · upper
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- MAY — primary (person)
+- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
+- COONEY — cosponsor (person)
+- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
+- HARCKHAM — cosponsor (person)
+- HINCHEY — cosponsor (person)
+- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
+- KRUEGER — cosponsor (person)
+- PARKER — cosponsor (person)
+- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
+- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO AGING `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-03** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO AGING `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-03** PRINT NUMBER 612A `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-02-09** 1ST REPORT CAL.330
+- **2021-02-10** 2ND REPORT CAL.
+- **2021-02-22** COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.330
+- **2021-02-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2021-02-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2021-02-22** REFERRED TO AGING `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-19** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
+- **2021-05-19** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2021-05-19** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
+- **2021-05-19** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 612B `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-26** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2021-05-26** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2021-05-26** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-26** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5436B
+- **2021-05-26** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.26
+- **2021-05-26** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2021-05-26** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.759 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.121
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5fe281b5-4ea8-4ff1-8e81-8c9054fd0d88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+