---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to requiring that a hospice program providing hospice care in a patient's home shall comply with the home care services worker registry"
description: "Requires that a hospice program providing hospice care in a patient's home shall comply with the home care services worker registry."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 7846"
citation: "New York A 7846 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GOTTFRIED R"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-17"
last_action: "2017-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9b0334a-6bd4-4d57-b723-e439f60e787a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A7846"
source_hash: "9a10ce003bd3171b4b3f80576f20fdca5e3579da95b00a82732de595b0523322"
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 7846 (2017-2018) — Relates to requiring that a hospice program providing hospice care in a patient's home shall comply with the home care services worker registry

Requires that a hospice program providing hospice care in a patient's home shall comply with the home care services worker registry.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7846 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7846&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A7846 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A7846)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- GOTTFRIED R — primary (person)
- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-17** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-23** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-12** REPORTED
- **2017-06-12** RULES REPORT CAL.172
- **2017-06-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.172
- **2017-06-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-13** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-13** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6347
- **2017-06-19** 3RD READING CAL.1163
- **2017-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-19** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-08-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-21** SIGNED CHAP.206 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9b0334a-6bd4-4d57-b723-e439f60e787a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).