---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to annual reporting requirements of the state long-term care ombudsman"
description: "Relates to annual reporting requirements of the state long-term care ombudsman; requires additional information to be contained in the state ombudsman's annual reports to the governor, state legislature, etc.; requires an additional annual report to be submitted to the attorney general on instances of abuse, neglect and exploitation, for review and possible enforcement action."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 8617"
citation: "New York S 8617 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MAY"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-03-22"
last_action: "2022-12-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa788766-9668-4074-a949-daabd096cee9"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S8617"
source_hash: "acf6cee928b659b8bd6b37c9cf772d7fad316034bbc330828120d96863b6f8a5"
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 8617 (2021-2022) — Relates to annual reporting requirements of the state long-term care ombudsman

Relates to annual reporting requirements of the state long-term care ombudsman; requires additional information to be contained in the state ombudsman's annual reports to the governor, state legislature, etc.; requires an additional annual report to be submitted to the attorney general on instances of abuse, neglect and exploitation, for review and possible enforcement action.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8617** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8617&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S8617A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S8617A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **148–1** (pass) · lower
- Aging Vote — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **60–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MAY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-22** REFERRED TO AGING `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-03** 1ST REPORT CAL.977
- **2022-05-04** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-05-05** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-05-16** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 8617A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-24** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-24** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10045A
- **2022-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.635
- **2022-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.776 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa788766-9668-4074-a949-daabd096cee9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).