---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amends chapter 2 of the laws of 1998, relating to expanding the child health insurance plan, in relation to the effectiveness thereof"
description: "Extends certain provisions relating to expanding the child health insurance plan from 2021 until 2023."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 6896"
citation: "New York S 6896 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RIVERA"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-05-20"
last_action: "2021-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af8cbff5-90ec-4716-b606-95ccc325d812"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6896"
source_hash: "47b1e7b1d0e4f8de850e4e522a7f0c904af51110145d6b4b7f3cc05a9b153ec9"
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 6896 (2021-2022) — Amends chapter 2 of the laws of 1998, relating to expanding the child health insurance plan, in relation to the effectiveness thereof

Extends certain provisions relating to expanding the child health insurance plan from 2021 until 2023.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6896** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6896&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- RIVERA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-20** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1314
- **2021-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-01** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7660
- **2021-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.493
- **2021-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-29** SIGNED CHAP.182 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af8cbff5-90ec-4716-b606-95ccc325d812`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).