---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to a hospital's policies and procedures regarding discharge of individuals with a mental health disorder"
description: "Requires the office of mental health to develop educational materials on effective discharge planning of individuals with a mental health disorder who are discharged from a hospital and provide such materials to general hospitals across the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 8769"
citation: "New York S 8769 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ORTT"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-05-15"
last_action: "2018-12-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/727f637a-27f3-4407-bedf-b1596f222a20"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S8769"
source_hash: "adef9e6e26bc664ee3db12e19b3db3ef25e25cc946d5d7decaddb081773c0980"
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 8769 (2017-2018) — Relates to a hospital's policies and procedures regarding discharge of individuals with a mental health disorder

Requires the office of mental health to develop educational materials on effective discharge planning of individuals with a mental health disorder who are discharged from a hospital and provide such materials to general hospitals across the state.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8769 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8769&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S8769 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S8769)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **24–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ORTT — primary (person)
- HAMILTON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-15** REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-31** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-14** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1805
- **2018-06-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-14** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-06-14** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10644
- **2018-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.234
- **2018-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-06-18** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2018-11-27** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-12-07** SIGNED CHAP.391 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/727f637a-27f3-4407-bedf-b1596f222a20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).