---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to involuntary care and treatment and to whom an application for such admission is made"
description: "Relates to involuntary care and treatment and to whom an application for such admission is made."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 7604"
citation: "New York A 7604 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GUNTHER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-03"
last_action: "2017-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d7ed1e0-376f-44ea-a581-ab5fe31a9d15"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A7604"
source_hash: "c26b2743548a25ddc5676ae5cb87b9f9cd34a9b16e10b6a9836c25c665f937e6"
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 7604 (2017-2018) — Relates to involuntary care and treatment and to whom an application for such admission is made

Relates to involuntary care and treatment and to whom an application for such admission is made.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A7604 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7604&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A7604 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A7604)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **143–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GUNTHER — primary (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-05-03** REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-05** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-15** REPORTED
- **2017-06-15** RULES REPORT CAL.404
- **2017-06-15** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.404
- **2017-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-19** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-19** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6154
- **2017-06-21** 3RD READING CAL.2172
- **2017-06-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-21** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-08-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-21** SIGNED CHAP.198 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d7ed1e0-376f-44ea-a581-ab5fe31a9d15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).