---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to rights of residents of adult care facilities"
description: "Relates to rights of residents of adult care facilities; provides that residents have a right to be informed about their condition, treatment and medications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 7190"
citation: "New York S 7190 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RIVERA"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-10"
last_action: "2020-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1173fbb9-4bb3-494e-9ecb-8cfb0e2996be"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S7190"
source_hash: "4d3fd3e608d95efc37185df8688c8135ba407bed3f6fdb8f76e1eaaf28643509"
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 7190 (2019-2020) — Relates to rights of residents of adult care facilities

Relates to rights of residents of adult care facilities; provides that residents have a right to be informed about their condition, treatment and medications.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7190** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7190&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- RIVERA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-10** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.114
- **2020-02-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-02-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-02-05** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9521
- **2020-02-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.398
- **2020-02-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-02-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-04-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-04-17** SIGNED CHAP.83 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1173fbb9-4bb3-494e-9ecb-8cfb0e2996be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).