---
type: "Bill"
title: "Includes information on congenital heart defect births in the informational leaflets required to be given to maternity patients"
description: "Includes information on congenital heart defect births in the informational leaflets required to be given to maternity patients by hospitals and birth centers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 7516"
citation: "New York A 7516 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles Fall"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-25"
last_action: "2024-12-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1d5f513-d960-46fe-80e6-a1ba130fc0dc"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A7516"
source_hash: "8ad70871cf40a331254f9b7edeb8b99886591ee6df0806575ff13b65aa02a326"
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 7516 (2023-2024) — Includes information on congenital heart defect births in the informational leaflets required to be given to maternity patients

Includes information on congenital heart defect births in the informational leaflets required to be given to maternity patients by hospitals and birth centers.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7516** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7516&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A7516A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A7516A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charles Fall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-25** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** PRINT NUMBER 7516A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-05** REPORTED
- **2024-03-07** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.350
- **2024-03-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-03-11** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-03-11** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S9283
- **2024-06-06** 3RD READING CAL.1861
- **2024-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-12-02** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-13** SIGNED CHAP.560 `executive-signature`
- **2024-12-13** APPROVAL MEMO.30

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1d5f513-d960-46fe-80e6-a1ba130fc0dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).