---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeals the emergency or disaster treatment protection act"
description: "Repeals the emergency or disaster treatment protection act which protects health care facilities and health care professionals from liability that may result from treatment of individuals with COVID-19 under conditions resulting from circumstances associated with the public health emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 3397"
citation: "New York A 3397 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KIM"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd26dce0-0b9d-41a4-8233-cd6900b965b6"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A3397"
source_hash: "58f818c6ff74e93d85a951e0f9e93d2929f70b20b5721f999066a5f469db5c30"
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 A 3397 (2021-2022) — Repeals the emergency or disaster treatment protection act

Repeals the emergency or disaster treatment protection act which protects health care facilities and health care professionals from liability that may result from treatment of individuals with COVID-19 under conditions resulting from circumstances associated with the public health emergency.

## Version chain

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

1. **A3397** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A3397&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **149–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KIM — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** REPORTED
- **2021-03-02** RULES REPORT CAL.23
- **2021-03-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.23
- **2021-03-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-03-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-03-04** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5177
- **2021-03-24** 3RD READING CAL.582
- **2021-03-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-03-24** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-04-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-06** SIGNED CHAP.96 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd26dce0-0b9d-41a4-8233-cd6900b965b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).