---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to posting of information relating to the long-term care ombudsman program"
description: "Relates to posting of information relating to the long-term care ombudsman program; provides that nursing homes and residential health care facilities shall provide certain contact information related to the long-term care ombudsman program at or prior to a patient's admission and twice a year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 8839"
citation: "New York A 8839 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WALLACE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-13"
last_action: "2022-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98dbc805-c699-4480-ae25-a0d4e47aca84"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A8839"
source_hash: "f3c2db6e314b9ccdd54f0cedc01585450625443bd19739ac5b57f7bc76c41f14"
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 8839 (2021-2022) — Relates to posting of information relating to the long-term care ombudsman program

Relates to posting of information relating to the long-term care ombudsman program; provides that nursing homes and residential health care facilities shall provide certain contact information related to the long-term care ombudsman program at or prior to a patient's admission and twice a year.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8839** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8839&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **140–5** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WALLACE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-13** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** REPORTED
- **2022-01-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.355
- **2022-01-31** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-01-31** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-01-31** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7886
- **2022-02-02** 3RD READING CAL.300
- **2022-02-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-02-02** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-02-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-24** SIGNED CHAP.66 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98dbc805-c699-4480-ae25-a0d4e47aca84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).