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legislation/us/states/ny/2021-2022/s-879.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires the department of health of the state of New York to conduct a study of the effects of racial and ethnic disparities on infant mortality and prepare and submit a report"
+description: "Requires the department of health of the state of New York to conduct a study of the effects of racial and ethnic disparities on infant mortality and prepare and submit a report to the governor and the legislature."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "S 879"
+citation: "New York S 879 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["BENJAMIN"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-01-06"
+last_action: "2021-02-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6d4fce1-407a-4e4a-9ca7-ef70de447caf"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S879"
+source_hash: "5ece7d67d358fe5882e4fdbb924a85305fa247abd369e1763b497cbcc3b88b19"
+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 879 (2021-2022) — Requires the department of health of the state of New York to conduct a study of the effects of racial and ethnic disparities on infant mortality and prepare and submit a report
+
+Requires the department of health of the state of New York to conduct a study of the effects of racial and ethnic disparities on infant mortality and prepare and submit a report to the governor and the legislature.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S879** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S879&term=2021&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- BENJAMIN — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.32
+- **2021-02-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2021-02-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2021-02-01** REPORTED REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR A988
+- **2021-02-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.45
+- **2021-02-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2021-02-01** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2021-02-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-02-16** SIGNED CHAP.46 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6d4fce1-407a-4e4a-9ca7-ef70de447caf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+