---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to authorizing the geriatric service demonstration program to promote mental health and home care collaboration within the program"
description: "Authorizes the geriatric service demonstration program to promote mental health and home care collaboration within the program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 10938"
citation: "New York A 10938 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GUNTHER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-29"
last_action: "2018-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21cafe37-ac0c-460f-aa75-4434d5d47864"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A10938"
source_hash: "56d6ef08806355182955e1cf0cd9abd646262afa386f456de8570922cffbde39"
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 10938 (2017-2018) — Relates to authorizing the geriatric service demonstration program to promote mental health and home care collaboration within the program

Authorizes the geriatric service demonstration program to promote mental health and home care collaboration within the program.

## Version chain

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

1. **A10938 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A10938&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A10938 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A10938)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GUNTHER — primary (person)
- JAFFEE — cosponsor (person)
- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-29** REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-05** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-11** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** REPORTED
- **2018-06-13** RULES REPORT CAL.199
- **2018-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.199
- **2018-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-06-18** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2018-06-18** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8632
- **2018-06-18** 3RD READING CAL.1480
- **2018-06-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-18** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-09-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-10-01** SIGNED CHAP.305 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21cafe37-ac0c-460f-aa75-4434d5d47864`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).