---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides for the authorization and regulation of visitation of compassionate care-giving visitors at nursing homes and residential health care facilities"
description: "Provides for the authorization and regulation of visitation of compassionate care-giving visitors at nursing homes and residential health care facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 614"
citation: "New York S 614 (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: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e8c8685-e3e1-4b81-9186-d2b19a84273b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S614"
source_hash: "3e56c57e01e168b826072098f1bb5e12785b6fd726470fa8a3b57bfbc641ea1b"
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 614 (2021-2022) — Provides for the authorization and regulation of visitation of compassionate care-giving visitors at nursing homes and residential health care facilities

Provides for the authorization and regulation of visitation of compassionate care-giving visitors at nursing homes and residential health care facilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **S614** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S614&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S614A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S614A)
3. **S614B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S614B)

## Votes

- Health Vote - Version: A — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: B — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- MAY — primary (person)
- ADDABBO — cosponsor (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- BORRELLO — cosponsor (person)
- BOYLE — cosponsor (person)
- BROUK — cosponsor (person)
- COONEY — cosponsor (person)
- GALLIVAN — cosponsor (person)
- HARCKHAM — cosponsor (person)
- HINCHEY — cosponsor (person)
- HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- JORDAN — cosponsor (person)
- KRUEGER — cosponsor (person)
- MARTUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- PALUMBO — cosponsor (person)
- PARKER — cosponsor (person)
- PERSAUD — cosponsor (person)
- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- RATH — cosponsor (person)
- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
- SERRANO — cosponsor (person)
- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)
- TEDISCO — cosponsor (person)
- WEIK — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-15** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-15** PRINT NUMBER 614A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-09** 1ST REPORT CAL.348
- **2021-02-10** AMENDED 614B `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-10** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-02-22** COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.348
- **2021-02-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-02-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-02-22** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1052B
- **2021-03-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.85
- **2021-03-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-03-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-03-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29** SIGNED CHAP.89 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-29** APPROVAL MEMO.3

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e8c8685-e3e1-4b81-9186-d2b19a84273b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).