---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to designated essential support persons for individuals with disabilities"
description: "Allows for an individual with a disability or the legal guardian for the individual to designate a single primary essential support person to assist with communicating medical needs and managing everyday needs during hospitalization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 8751"
citation: "New York A 8751 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PHEFFER AMATO"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3010f21f-7b9c-407a-af7f-802fd5ad58d5"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A8751"
source_hash: "33fb7b893e9c39664dd665894f1b5b7cd26acabbacb27f6829920c032bd30685"
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 8751 (2021-2022) — Relates to designated essential support persons for individuals with disabilities

Allows for an individual with a disability or the legal guardian for the individual to designate a single primary essential support person to assist with communicating medical needs and managing everyday needs during hospitalization.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8751** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8751&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PHEFFER AMATO — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** REFERRED TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** REPORTED
- **2022-01-19** RULES REPORT CAL.31
- **2022-01-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.31
- **2022-01-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-01-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-01-20** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7884
- **2022-02-01** 3RD READING CAL.298
- **2022-02-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-02-01** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-02-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-24** SIGNED CHAP.42 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3010f21f-7b9c-407a-af7f-802fd5ad58d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).