---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to permitting certain runaways or homeless youth who are receiving crisis or support services to consent to medical, dental, health and hospital services"
description: "Permits runaways and homeless youth under the age of 18 who are receiving approved crisis or support services to consent to medical, dental, health and hospital services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 8937"
citation: "New York S 8937 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BRISPORT"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-04-29"
last_action: "2022-12-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e9edff3-e7bc-425f-a15a-9f221d4e65d5"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S8937"
source_hash: "6d9a42d4c7fa0f0c1f3673de3e27d1a32bb88f549fa2d27a85afeb7203f46ab9"
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 8937 (2021-2022) — Relates to permitting certain runaways or homeless youth who are receiving crisis or support services to consent to medical, dental, health and hospital services

Permits runaways and homeless youth under the age of 18 who are receiving approved crisis or support services to consent to medical, dental, health and hospital services.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8937** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8937&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **102–42** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **52–9** (pass) · upper
- Health Vote — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BRISPORT — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-29** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-11** 1ST REPORT CAL.1346
- **2022-05-16** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-05-17** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-05-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-23** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-23** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9604
- **2022-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.573
- **2022-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-12-16** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.780 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e9edff3-e7bc-425f-a15a-9f221d4e65d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).