---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires state oversight agencies to ensure that facilities and provider agencies have policies and procedures to identify and report possible crimes against a service recipient by a custodian"
description: "Requires state oversight agencies to ensure that certain facilities and provider agencies have policies and procedures in place to identify and report possible crimes against a service recipient by a custodian."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 8251"
citation: "New York A 8251 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WEPRIN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-02"
last_action: "2017-11-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50a71531-62b3-4c7b-b78f-8d5f7fdd5dd6"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A8251"
source_hash: "4deb29e6752e1d5417e78c556f0fc3ffe464ab80caae238df70e2df6d295f911"
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 8251 (2017-2018) — Requires state oversight agencies to ensure that facilities and provider agencies have policies and procedures to identify and report possible crimes against a service recipient by a custodian

Requires state oversight agencies to ensure that certain facilities and provider agencies have policies and procedures in place to identify and report possible crimes against a service recipient by a custodian.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8251 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8251&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A8251 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A8251)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- WEPRIN — primary (person)
- SANTABARBARA — cosponsor (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-02** REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-05** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** REPORTED
- **2017-06-20** RULES REPORT CAL.568
- **2017-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.568
- **2017-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-20** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6609
- **2017-06-21** 3RD READING CAL.2221
- **2017-06-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-21** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-11-29** SIGNED CHAP.422 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50a71531-62b3-4c7b-b78f-8d5f7fdd5dd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).