---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the establishment of obstetric hemorrhage protocols"
description: "Directs the commissioner of health to establish obstetric hemorrhage protocols to be implemented by hospitals; requires reporting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 6962"
citation: "New York A 6962 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["JOYNER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-27"
last_action: "2019-12-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3e27db7-0ad7-45c0-b04d-7dddaf8326f7"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A6962"
source_hash: "dd3022266b1b54a1ae958e1f97924afa28fc062e906ce21176d22290958b49df"
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 6962 (2019-2020) — Relates to the establishment of obstetric hemorrhage protocols

Directs the commissioner of health to establish obstetric hemorrhage protocols to be implemented by hospitals; requires reporting.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6962** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6962&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A6962A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A6962A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **41–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- JOYNER — primary (person)
- FINCH — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-27** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-27** PRINT NUMBER 6962A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-02** REPORTED
- **2019-04-04** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.173
- **2019-04-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-04-08** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-04-08** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4498A
- **2019-04-09** 3RD READING CAL.396
- **2019-04-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-04-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-16** SIGNED CHAP.662 `executive-signature`
- **2019-12-16** APPROVAL MEMO.51

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3e27db7-0ad7-45c0-b04d-7dddaf8326f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).