---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to transfer of patient in mental health facilities to a foreign nation upon request"
description: "Provides a process for the commissioner to authorize transfer of patients in mental health facilities upon a verdict of not responsible by reason of mental disease or defect, to a foreign nation upon request."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 6164"
citation: "New York S 6164 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CARLUCCI"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-05-21"
last_action: "2019-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/721bf7c1-ba76-492a-aa2e-356eec625d39"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6164"
source_hash: "fa5cc0c56ec20fb680ff396baeb6aede46964aaa02676d02d23efe3bcef97ed2"
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 6164 (2019-2020) — Relates to transfer of patient in mental health facilities to a foreign nation upon request

Provides a process for the commissioner to authorize transfer of patients in mental health facilities upon a verdict of not responsible by reason of mental disease or defect, to a foreign nation upon request.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6164** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6164&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S6164A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S6164A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–1** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- CARLUCCI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-21** REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-05** PRINT NUMBER 6164A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-13** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1361
- **2019-06-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-13** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-13** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8087
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.421
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-09-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-09-13** SIGNED CHAP.306 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/721bf7c1-ba76-492a-aa2e-356eec625d39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).