---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires hospitals distribute literature created by the commissioner to patients at a high risk of sickle cell disease"
description: "Requires hospitals distribute literature created by the commissioner to patients at a high risk of sickle cell disease."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 6429"
citation: "New York A 6429 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HYNDMAN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-17"
last_action: "2021-12-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71d5edd7-d179-478c-8196-ab554d18fca4"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A6429"
source_hash: "1ba17381585b7afb44df7751e89503fe40415c64c4b2cb876ef42834b6b269ec"
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 6429 (2021-2022) — Requires hospitals distribute literature created by the commissioner to patients at a high risk of sickle cell disease

Requires hospitals distribute literature created by the commissioner to patients at a high risk of sickle cell disease.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6429** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6429&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A6429A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A6429A)
3. **A6429B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A6429B)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- MOTION:HYNDMAN; To reconsider — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HYNDMAN — primary (person)
- ANDERSON — cosponsor (person)
- DICKENS — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- PAULIN — cosponsor (person)
- PERRY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-17** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** PRINT NUMBER 6429A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-11** REPORTED
- **2021-05-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.372
- **2021-05-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-19** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-19** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25** RECALLED FROM SENATE
- **2021-05-25** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-25** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-05-25** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 6429B `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-01** REPASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-01** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-01** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5606B
- **2021-06-03** 3RD READING CAL.1452
- **2021-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-11-29** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-10** SIGNED CHAP.665 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71d5edd7-d179-478c-8196-ab554d18fca4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).