---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to adding an acute children's hospital to the term enhanced safety net hospital"
description: "Adds an acute children's hospital licensed by the department primarily for the provision of pediatric and neonatal services to the term enhanced safety net hospital."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 3511"
citation: "New York A 3511 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PEOPLES-STOKES"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2022-12-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6877a905-0f41-491d-92e4-cf797cd7b1d4"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A3511"
source_hash: "9f7108db23ceca2dd371dca4420c4157001f6ffe7ef6281bf982e6713b5e0b35"
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 3511 (2021-2022) — Relates to adding an acute children's hospital to the term enhanced safety net hospital

Adds an acute children's hospital licensed by the department primarily for the provision of pediatric and neonatal services to the term enhanced safety net hospital.

## Version chain

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

1. **A3511** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A3511&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A3511A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A3511A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PEOPLES-STOKES — primary (person)
- ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
- MCMAHON — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- WALLACE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-01** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-01** PRINT NUMBER 3511A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-03** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-09** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-10** REPORTED
- **2022-05-10** RULES REPORT CAL.111
- **2022-05-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.111
- **2022-05-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-11** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-11** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-24** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3530A
- **2022-05-24** 3RD READING CAL.1499
- **2022-05-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-24** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.742 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6877a905-0f41-491d-92e4-cf797cd7b1d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).