---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to medical attention for persons under arrest"
description: "Provides that when a person is under arrest or otherwise in custody of a police officer, peace officer or other law enforcement representative or entity, such officer, representative or entity shall have a duty to provide attention to the medical and mental health needs of such person."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 6601"
citation: "New York S 6601 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BAILEY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-06-18"
last_action: "2020-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3da95dac-7da8-470f-931b-52ecf2d5b077"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6601"
source_hash: "b97af190fbb3e4dd2fb4841e56a003052ec4492eab61f3f0aaeae6e2b6b9c57c"
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 6601 (2019-2020) — Relates to medical attention for persons under arrest

Provides that when a person is under arrest or otherwise in custody of a police officer, peace officer or other law enforcement representative or entity, such officer, representative or entity shall have a duty to provide attention to the medical and mental health needs of such person.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6601** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6601&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S6601A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S6601A)
3. **S6601B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S6601B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **60–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **109–35** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: B — **18–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BAILEY — primary (person)
- BENJAMIN — cosponsor (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- COMRIE — cosponsor (person)
- HARCKHAM — cosponsor (person)
- HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- KAVANAGH — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- MONTGOMERY — cosponsor (person)
- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- SALAZAR — cosponsor (person)
- SANDERS — cosponsor (person)
- SAVINO — cosponsor (person)
- SERRANO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-18** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-07** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-10-07** PRINT NUMBER 6601A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-06** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-06** PRINT NUMBER 6601B `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-08** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.691
- **2020-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-06-09** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8226B
- **2020-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.63
- **2020-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-06-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-15** SIGNED CHAP.103 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3da95dac-7da8-470f-931b-52ecf2d5b077`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).