---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to health care proxy information and palliative care patients"
description: "Requires health care practitioners to offer health care proxy information to palliative care patients."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 7872"
citation: "New York A 7872 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Paulin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-07-07"
last_action: "2024-11-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67055ffa-6f19-4045-a124-27f3b3ac5f5d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A7872"
source_hash: "156ca044a09381f066d1ea7b1da695a44f26e2164a2475ba9da071e9501f9a0c"
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 7872 (2023-2024) — Relates to health care proxy information and palliative care patients

Requires health care practitioners to offer health care proxy information to palliative care patients.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7872** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7872&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A7872A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A7872A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- MOTION:PAULIN; To reconsider — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Amy Paulin — primary (person)
- Maritza Davila — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-07-07** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** REPORTED
- **2024-02-15** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.312
- **2024-02-26** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-02-26** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-02-26** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-12** RECALLED FROM SENATE
- **2024-04-12** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-04-12** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-04-12** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 7872A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-06** REPASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-05-06** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-05-06** RECOMMITTED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8632A
- **2024-06-04** 3RD READING CAL.997
- **2024-06-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-04** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-11-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-22** SIGNED CHAP.471 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67055ffa-6f19-4045-a124-27f3b3ac5f5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).