---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the state office for the aging to report on older adults who are primary caregivers or guardians of minors and on substance use disorders among older adults"
description: "Requires the state office for the aging to include reports on older adults who are primary caregivers or guardians of minors and on substance use disorders among older adults in the office's annual reports to the governor and legislature."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 4948"
citation: "New York A 4948 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BRONSON"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-11-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97406ac7-7b70-452a-9bc8-aefa72e48ab7"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A4948"
source_hash: "8a5d9ca2fe19a3f5c51c53957789c7dacfcffe9709c4e53a004cbfe1e4ea6b60"
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 4948 (2019-2020) — Requires the state office for the aging to report on older adults who are primary caregivers or guardians of minors and on substance use disorders among older adults

Requires the state office for the aging to include reports on older adults who are primary caregivers or guardians of minors and on substance use disorders among older adults in the office's annual reports to the governor and legislature.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4948** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4948&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **146–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BRONSON — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** REFERRED TO AGING `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** REPORTED
- **2019-05-16** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.348
- **2019-05-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-21** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-05-21** REFERRED TO AGING `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5489
- **2019-05-21** 3RD READING CAL.744
- **2019-05-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-21** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-11-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-20** SIGNED CHAP.501 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97406ac7-7b70-452a-9bc8-aefa72e48ab7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).