---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expands eligibility for appointment to county boards of health and health services advisory boards"
description: "Expands eligibility for appointment to county boards of health and health services advisory boards to include nurse practitioners and physician assistants; expands to residents in the county or residents of a contiguous county who have a background in a health-related field and perform substantial work in the county associated with their health-related background."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 8232"
citation: "New York A 8232 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Paulin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-11-06"
last_action: "2024-11-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e33b2d58-eb0c-4ef7-a3df-9e58f47ea5a0"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8232"
source_hash: "1c0eaf01a804d14dfe3680176aa8af4f6bc7534d0fb139faf11202a821bd1df9"
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 8232 (2023-2024) — Expands eligibility for appointment to county boards of health and health services advisory boards

Expands eligibility for appointment to county boards of health and health services advisory boards to include nurse practitioners and physician assistants; expands to residents in the county or residents of a contiguous county who have a background in a health-related field and perform substantial work in the county associated with their health-related background.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8232** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8232&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A8232A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A8232A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- MOTION:PAULIN; To reconsider — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amy Paulin — primary (person)
- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-06** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** REPORTED
- **2024-01-18** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.232
- **2024-01-22** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-01-22** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-01-22** 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 8232A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-06** REPASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-05-06** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-05-06** RECOMMITTED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8561
- **2024-06-06** 3RD READING CAL.564
- **2024-06-06** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-11-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-22** SIGNED CHAP.475 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e33b2d58-eb0c-4ef7-a3df-9e58f47ea5a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).