---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to applications for certain hospital projects"
description: "Relates to applications for construction, or substantial reduction of, a hospital or health related service; relates to the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to health equity assessments in the establishment or construction of a hospital."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7885"
citation: "New York S 7885 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RIVERA"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-18"
last_action: "2022-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4a74e68-98a0-4abe-9d16-2f1db32d0e9c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7885"
source_hash: "fb55813c79200c33c226b1ca9000898740ffab3918c1ab7e4e3ece64f7322dc5"
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 7885 (2021-2022) — Relates to applications for certain hospital projects

Relates to applications for construction, or substantial reduction of, a hospital or health related service; relates to the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to health equity assessments in the establishment or construction of a hospital.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7885** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7885&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **14–7** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **43–20** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **99–44** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- RIVERA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-18** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.299
- **2022-02-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-02-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-02-01** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8834
- **2022-02-15** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.351
- **2022-02-15** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-02-15** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-02-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-24** SIGNED CHAP.137 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4a74e68-98a0-4abe-9d16-2f1db32d0e9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).