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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to Down syndrome diagnosis awareness"
+description: "Creates a Down syndrome awareness program to provide up-to-date and evidence-based information on Down syndrome to health care providers who order tests for a pregnant woman or infants to screen for Down syndrome."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "A 4138"
+citation: "New York A 4138 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Karen McMahon"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-10"
+last_action: "2024-12-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c0a00d0-13c2-448a-862f-c44e2fe5243b"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A4138"
+source_hash: "49107253a384504e47b0f5402e3f6afdcc5b5dd4d24a066c6924bdf13a0aa8c1"
+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 4138 (2023-2024) — Relates to Down syndrome diagnosis awareness
+
+Creates a Down syndrome awareness program to provide up-to-date and evidence-based information on Down syndrome to health care providers who order tests for a pregnant woman or infants to screen for Down syndrome.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A4138** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4138&term=2023&Text=Y)
+2. **A4138A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A4138A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **57–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Karen McMahon — primary (person)
+- Aileen Gunther — cosponsor (person)
+- Albert A. Stirpe — cosponsor (person)
+- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
+- Angelo J. Morinello — cosponsor (person)
+- Anna Kelles — cosponsor (person)
+- Brian Manktelow — cosponsor (person)
+- Catalina Cruz — cosponsor (person)
+- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
+- David McDonough — cosponsor (person)
+- Deborah Glick — cosponsor (person)
+- Fred Thiele — cosponsor (person)
+- Harry B. Bronson — cosponsor (person)
+- Inez E. Dickens — cosponsor (person)
+- Jerett Gandolfo — cosponsor (person)
+- Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas — cosponsor (person)
+- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
+- Jodi Giglio — cosponsor (person)
+- Joe DeStefano — cosponsor (person)
+- John T. McDonald III — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph Giglio — cosponsor (person)
+- Kenneth Zebrowski — cosponsor (person)
+- Monica P. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
+- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott H. Bendett — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephen Hawley — cosponsor (person)
+- Steve Stern — cosponsor (person)
+- Steven Raga — cosponsor (person)
+- William Colton — cosponsor (person)
+- William Conrad — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-10** REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-17** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO MENTAL HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-17** PRINT NUMBER 4138A `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-18** REFERENCE CHANGED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-23** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-20** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-28** REPORTED
+- **2024-05-28** RULES REPORT CAL.152
+- **2024-05-28** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.152
+- **2024-05-29** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2024-05-29** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2024-05-29** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR S593A
+- **2024-05-30** 3RD READING CAL.1342
+- **2024-05-30** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2024-05-30** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2024-12-02** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-12-13** SIGNED CHAP.555 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-12-13** APPROVAL MEMO.27
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c0a00d0-13c2-448a-862f-c44e2fe5243b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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