---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires translations of a patient's rights into the six most common non-English languages of New York State; and relates to the posting of information relating to the long-term care ombudsman program"
description: "Requires translations of a patient's rights into the six most common non-English languages of New York State; relates to the posting of information relating to the long-term care ombudsman program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 4377"
citation: "New York S 4377 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MAY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/818f0e21-a625-49f7-b291-8505370355de"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4377"
source_hash: "8bdb3e15148268b81d8c40df7a63dba6f657a57c52db51867f35a0bdd3940602"
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 4377 (2021-2022) — Requires translations of a patient's rights into the six most common non-English languages of New York State; and relates to the posting of information relating to the long-term care ombudsman program

Requires translations of a patient's rights into the six most common non-English languages of New York State; relates to the posting of information relating to the long-term care ombudsman program.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4377** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4377&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Health Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **138–7** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MAY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** 1ST REPORT CAL.379
- **2021-02-23** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-02-24** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-03-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-03-24** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-03-24** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6222
- **2021-05-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.326
- **2021-05-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.705 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-21** APPROVAL MEMO.84

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/818f0e21-a625-49f7-b291-8505370355de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).