---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends the authority of the commissioner of health to issue certificates of public advantage"
description: "Extends the authority of the commissioner of health to issue certificates of public advantage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 5342"
citation: "New York S 5342 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HANNON"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-03-22"
last_action: "2017-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85d60ec2-d0f8-4b0d-b1e5-29c4b7acd686"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S5342"
source_hash: "0fc5139c5dee762e299a2ad6ac28d52fa5ed29d515be12ecc54eff5698d36052"
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 5342 (2017-2018) — Extends the authority of the commissioner of health to issue certificates of public advantage

Extends the authority of the commissioner of health to issue certificates of public advantage.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5342 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5342&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S5342 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S5342)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **141–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–1** (pass) · upper
- Health Vote — **17–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HANNON — primary (person)
- LARKIN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-22** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-23** 1ST REPORT CAL.1146
- **2017-05-24** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2017-06-05** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2017-06-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-14** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-06-14** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7748
- **2017-06-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.569
- **2017-06-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-21** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-29** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-29** SIGNED CHAP.80 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85d60ec2-d0f8-4b0d-b1e5-29c4b7acd686`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).