---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacts the \"reimagining long-term care task force\" to create a task force to study the state of long-term care services in this state"
description: "Enacts the \"reimagining long-term care task force act\" to create a task force to study the state of long-term care services in this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 598"
citation: "New York S 598 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MAY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a63f9d59-325e-456b-88a6-78e08a485874"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S598"
source_hash: "ff8fbd89b4325e5af82dae59a30c3d7565231af80b621f8e0315a59142c3cf9e"
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 598 (2021-2022) — Enacts the "reimagining long-term care task force" to create a task force to study the state of long-term care services in this state

Enacts the "reimagining long-term care task force act" to create a task force to study the state of long-term care services in this state.

## Version chain

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

1. **S598** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S598&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S598A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S598A)
3. **S598B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S598B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **61–2** (pass) · upper
- Aging Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **149–1** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: B — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MAY — primary (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- COONEY — cosponsor (person)
- HARCKHAM — cosponsor (person)
- HINCHEY — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- KRUEGER — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- MYRIE — cosponsor (person)
- PARKER — cosponsor (person)
- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO AGING `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGING `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29** PRINT NUMBER 598A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-09** 1ST REPORT CAL.329
- **2021-02-10** AMENDED 598B `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-10** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-02-22** COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.329
- **2021-02-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-02-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-02-22** REFERRED TO AGING `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3922A
- **2021-03-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.25
- **2021-03-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-03-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.758 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.120

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a63f9d59-325e-456b-88a6-78e08a485874`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).