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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to the definition of medical debt"
+description: "Exempts credit card debt from the definition of medical debt unless the credit card is issued under an open-ended or closed-ended plan offered specifically for the payment of health care services, products, or devices provided to a person."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "S 8373"
+citation: "New York S 8373 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gustavo Rivera"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-01-24"
+last_action: "2024-11-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15906b47-49f8-4e19-9939-b24b981b4823"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8373"
+source_hash: "27c1aed0ab877d04556aff2698aade7adc8100f7231719946dae9fb47e5e5d49"
+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 8373 (2023-2024) — Relates to the definition of medical debt
+
+Exempts credit card debt from the definition of medical debt unless the credit card is issued under an open-ended or closed-ended plan offered specifically for the payment of health care services, products, or devices provided to a person.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S8373** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8373&term=2023&Text=Y)
+2. **S8373A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S8373A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **53–8** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
+- Consumer Protection Vote - Version: A — **6–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gustavo Rivera — primary (person)
+- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-24** REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-31** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-31** PRINT NUMBER 8373A `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-02-06** 1ST REPORT CAL.361
+- **2024-02-07** 2ND REPORT CAL.
+- **2024-02-12** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
+- **2024-05-15** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2024-05-15** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2024-05-16** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9438
+- **2024-05-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.77
+- **2024-05-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2024-05-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2024-11-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-11-22** SIGNED CHAP.514 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-11-22** APPROVAL MEMO.19
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15906b47-49f8-4e19-9939-b24b981b4823`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+