---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to requirements for residential health care facilities and related entities and operations"
description: "Requires operators of nursing homes and residential health care facilities to provide notification of certain contracts and agreements to all residents, representatives, staff and the office of the long-term care ombudsman."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 5684"
citation: "New York A 5684 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GOTTFRIED"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-23"
last_action: "2021-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19281af0-122c-4158-9fdc-0653aa87de63"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A5684"
source_hash: "1996a657f800e6cccdb4fcb46e06eea2ba8aeb0915b2889beb68d4cca4c16d3b"
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 5684 (2021-2022) — Relates to requirements for residential health care facilities and related entities and operations

Requires operators of nursing homes and residential health care facilities to provide notification of certain contracts and agreements to all residents, representatives, staff and the office of the long-term care ombudsman.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5684** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5684&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A5684A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A5684A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **54–9** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **112–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- GOTTFRIED — primary (person)
- ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
- ANDERSON — cosponsor (person)
- BARRETT — cosponsor (person)
- BARRON — cosponsor (person)
- BICHOTTE HERMELYN — cosponsor (person)
- BRONSON — cosponsor (person)
- BURGOS — cosponsor (person)
- BUTTENSCHON — cosponsor (person)
- CARROLL — cosponsor (person)
- CLARK — cosponsor (person)
- COLTON — cosponsor (person)
- COOK — cosponsor (person)
- CUSICK — cosponsor (person)
- DINOWITZ — cosponsor (person)
- DURSO — cosponsor (person)
- ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- EPSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- FALL — cosponsor (person)
- FERNANDEZ — cosponsor (person)
- FORREST — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- GONZALEZ-ROJAS — cosponsor (person)
- HEVESI — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
- LUNSFORD — cosponsor (person)
- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONALD — cosponsor (person)
- MCMAHON — cosponsor (person)
- MEEKS — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- PAULIN — cosponsor (person)
- PEOPLES-STOKES — cosponsor (person)
- PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- REYES — cosponsor (person)
- RICHARDSON — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- SANTABARBARA — cosponsor (person)
- SILLITTI — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- STECK — cosponsor (person)
- STIRPE — cosponsor (person)
- TAYLOR — cosponsor (person)
- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
- WALLACE — cosponsor (person)
- WEINSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- ZEBROWSKI — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-23** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** PRINT NUMBER 5684A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-09** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** REPORTED
- **2021-03-09** RULES REPORT CAL.37
- **2021-03-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.37
- **2021-03-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-03-09** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-03-09** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4893A
- **2021-03-24** 3RD READING CAL.372
- **2021-03-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-03-24** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-04-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-24** SIGNED CHAP.102 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-27** APPROVAL MEMO.5

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19281af0-122c-4158-9fdc-0653aa87de63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).