---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to policies or contracts which are not included in the definition of student accident and health insurance"
description: "Relates to policies or contracts which are not included in the definition of student accident and health insurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 6197"
citation: "New York S 6197 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BRESLIN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-05-22"
last_action: "2019-12-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d1e6a2f-2d05-4ac8-98c3-7c41e683b74d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6197"
source_hash: "39e14e07b382f1af3c04904754010861e54ac8b147b28c64c1b449937ed6b1d5"
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 6197 (2019-2020) — Relates to policies or contracts which are not included in the definition of student accident and health insurance

Relates to policies or contracts which are not included in the definition of student accident and health insurance.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6197** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6197&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Insurance Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BRESLIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-22** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29** 1ST REPORT CAL.990
- **2019-05-30** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-06-03** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-13** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-13** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR A492
- **2019-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.440
- **2019-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-19** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-12-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-27** SIGNED CHAP.746 `executive-signature`
- **2019-12-27** APPROVAL MEMO.92

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d1e6a2f-2d05-4ac8-98c3-7c41e683b74d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).