---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to infection updates and infection control planning in residential health care facilities"
description: "Requires nursing homes to follow Federal CDC or medicare and medicaid guidance relating to infectious disease control planning and procedures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 627"
citation: "New York A 627 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jen Lunsford"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74d460df-a9e7-4b13-8fd7-154259f3f8cf"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A627"
source_hash: "d1fde6bdbb1a37bd98bd965edfd72be13b293e8d5465d57d2fad2cef0885e694"
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 A 627 (2023-2024) — Relates to infection updates and infection control planning in residential health care facilities

Requires nursing homes to follow Federal CDC or medicare and medicaid guidance relating to infectious disease control planning and procedures.

## Version chain

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

1. **A627** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A627&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jen Lunsford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** REPORTED
- **2023-01-17** RULES REPORT CAL.6
- **2023-01-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.6
- **2023-01-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-01-17** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-01-17** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S845
- **2023-02-06** 3RD READING CAL.54
- **2023-02-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-02-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-03-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-03** SIGNED CHAP.20 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74d460df-a9e7-4b13-8fd7-154259f3f8cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).