---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to competency exams offered to qualified home care services workers residing outside this state"
description: "Relates to competency exams offered to qualified home care services workers residing outside this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 4662"
citation: "New York A 4662 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BURDICK"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-12-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8839554-84b8-47bb-bd65-5a21a38e2f95"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A4662"
source_hash: "064f54c0c6467839bde0b880a6fbdd3445b922f56afb986aa0d7ebaa4c18e88f"
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 4662 (2021-2022) — Relates to competency exams offered to qualified home care services workers residing outside this state

Relates to competency exams offered to qualified home care services workers residing outside this state.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4662** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4662&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A4662A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A4662A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BURDICK — primary (person)
- CLARK — cosponsor (person)
- FERNANDEZ — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- RICHARDSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** PRINT NUMBER 4662A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-25** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** REPORTED
- **2021-06-01** RULES REPORT CAL.179
- **2021-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.179
- **2021-06-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-01** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-01** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1201A
- **2021-06-02** 3RD READING CAL.657
- **2021-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-02** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-11-29** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-10** SIGNED CHAP.661 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-10** APPROVAL MEMO.60

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8839554-84b8-47bb-bd65-5a21a38e2f95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).