---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to requirements for the transfer of patient medical records upon the closure of a health care provider's office"
description: "Requires a health care provider or facility which has determined to cease to do business or which is transferring its ownership, at least thirty days prior to such action to provide a copy of its plan for transfer of patient records to another provider, facility or practitioner."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 5367"
citation: "New York S 5367 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["COMRIE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-04-29"
last_action: "2019-10-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42025b74-adeb-497f-9345-2a793a51bc0a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5367"
source_hash: "201aa97c761290bb00e7b8e547de1a66e629505372c7ea6742b69396d20c06a9"
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 5367 (2019-2020) — Relates to requirements for the transfer of patient medical records upon the closure of a health care provider's office

Requires a health care provider or facility which has determined to cease to do business or which is transferring its ownership, at least thirty days prior to such action to provide a copy of its plan for transfer of patient records to another provider, facility or practitioner.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5367** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5367&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Health Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMRIE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-29** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30** 1ST REPORT CAL.1106
- **2019-06-03** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-06-04** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-13** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-13** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2349
- **2019-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.131
- **2019-06-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-10-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-29** SIGNED CHAP.426 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42025b74-adeb-497f-9345-2a793a51bc0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).