---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits general hospitals from disallowing individuals with disabilities from having an essential support person accompany them for the duration of their hospitalization"
description: "Prohibits general hospitals from disallowing individuals with disabilities from having an essential support person accompany them for the duration of their hospitalization in response to a pandemic or state disaster emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 1035"
citation: "New York S 1035 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ADDABBO"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/507e0aca-d04a-4a8f-96f9-d24816deebac"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S1035"
source_hash: "25f955dc6f63142781b14d33ccac351bf832f7388c2f26864b41a81576f01ff2"
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 S 1035 (2021-2022) — Prohibits general hospitals from disallowing individuals with disabilities from having an essential support person accompany them for the duration of their hospitalization

Prohibits general hospitals from disallowing individuals with disabilities from having an essential support person accompany them for the duration of their hospitalization in response to a pandemic or state disaster emergency.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1035** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1035&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S1035A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S1035A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Disabilities Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ADDABBO — primary (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- BORRELLO — cosponsor (person)
- BROUK — cosponsor (person)
- COONEY — cosponsor (person)
- FELDER — cosponsor (person)
- GALLIVAN — cosponsor (person)
- GIANARIS — cosponsor (person)
- GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)
- HINCHEY — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- JORDAN — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- MANNION — cosponsor (person)
- MARTUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- MYRIE — cosponsor (person)
- PALUMBO — cosponsor (person)
- PERSAUD — cosponsor (person)
- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- RATH — cosponsor (person)
- REICHLIN-MELNICK — cosponsor (person)
- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
- SANDERS — cosponsor (person)
- STAVISKY — cosponsor (person)
- TEDISCO — cosponsor (person)
- WEIK — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO DISABILITIES `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO DISABILITIES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** PRINT NUMBER 1035A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-27** 1ST REPORT CAL.809
- **2021-04-28** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-05-03** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-05-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-24** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-24** REFERRED TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-26** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4685A
- **2021-05-26** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.362
- **2021-05-26** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-26** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.689 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-21** APPROVAL MEMO.76

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/507e0aca-d04a-4a8f-96f9-d24816deebac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).