---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to a four-year demonstration project to reduce the use of temporary staffing agencies in residential healthcare facilities"
description: "Relates to a four-year demonstration project to reduce the use of temporary staffing agencies in residential healthcare facilities; removes provisions regarding a joint labor-management nursing home staffing workgroup to review and assess the impact of such demonstration project."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 8497"
citation: "New York A 8497 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Paulin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-04"
last_action: "2024-02-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/debcf063-afa0-4b8a-af1f-5a2a493358a5"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8497"
source_hash: "9f4b04b910ca180f0813ccb115655b2b4b95ab2adb50a3fe83fed72f4d3bf741"
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 8497 (2023-2024) — Relates to a four-year demonstration project to reduce the use of temporary staffing agencies in residential healthcare facilities

Relates to a four-year demonstration project to reduce the use of temporary staffing agencies in residential healthcare facilities; removes provisions regarding a joint labor-management nursing home staffing workgroup to review and assess the impact of such demonstration project.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8497** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8497&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amy Paulin — primary (person)
- Aileen Gunther — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-04** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** REPORTED
- **2024-01-22** RULES REPORT CAL.3
- **2024-01-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.3
- **2024-01-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-01-23** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-01-23** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8047
- **2024-01-31** 3RD READING CAL.186
- **2024-01-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-01-31** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-02-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-07** SIGNED CHAP.27 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/debcf063-afa0-4b8a-af1f-5a2a493358a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).