---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to extending authorization for contracts for the provision of special education and related services for certain patients hospitalized in hospitals operated by the office of mental health"
description: "Extends authorization for contracts for the provision of special education and related services for certain patients hospitalized in hospitals operated by the office of mental health."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 10471"
citation: "New York A 10471 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["NOLAN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-04-25"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0beacf89-de9b-4271-85b9-b4505bb327e7"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A10471"
source_hash: "183fbc1200cbe90d7ee023c915c57a4e431836145756090e3e1f239a3776405d"
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 10471 (2017-2018) — Relates to extending authorization for contracts for the provision of special education and related services for certain patients hospitalized in hospitals operated by the office of mental health

Extends authorization for contracts for the provision of special education and related services for certain patients hospitalized in hospitals operated by the office of mental health.

## Version chain

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

1. **A10471 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A10471&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A10471 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A10471)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-25** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-01** REPORTED
- **2018-05-03** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.855
- **2018-05-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-05-14** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2018-05-14** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8325
- **2018-06-19** 3RD READING CAL.1462
- **2018-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-19** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-06-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-01** SIGNED CHAP.89 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0beacf89-de9b-4271-85b9-b4505bb327e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).