---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires nursing homes to provide potential residents with policy on granting physician privileges prior to executing agreement"
description: "Requires nursing homes to provide potential residents with policy on granting physician privileges prior to executing agreement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 407"
citation: "New York A 407 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CAHILL"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-11-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/621c3feb-90e4-43d9-a41d-e6bee73ea900"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A407"
source_hash: "0498d6fe761493fd2f9eaf58ca4bbbad7ebbdfab2e04726752c1da8a1f31a51e"
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 407 (2019-2020) — Requires nursing homes to provide potential residents with policy on granting physician privileges prior to executing agreement

Requires nursing homes to provide potential residents with policy on granting physician privileges prior to executing agreement.

## Version chain

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

1. **A407** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A407&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- CAHILL — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15** REPORTED
- **2019-01-17** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.6
- **2019-01-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-01-23** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-01-23** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4583
- **2019-05-30** 3RD READING CAL.1012
- **2019-05-30** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-30** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-11-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-20** SIGNED CHAP.492 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/621c3feb-90e4-43d9-a41d-e6bee73ea900`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).