---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires hospitals to ask patients if they have a disability that requires accommodation under The Americans with Disabilities Act"
description: "Requires hospitals to ask patients if they have a disability that requires accommodation under The Americans with Disabilities Act on patient intake forms and what reasonable accommodations are required."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 8560"
citation: "New York A 8560 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Burdick"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/549a8d09-c5e2-4975-8e31-cb7a21dff53d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8560"
source_hash: "6c3e32b6e9c1182196410e6fb1cfb1c584f48de6b4537415fd8b6827e8139bf8"
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 8560 (2023-2024) — Requires hospitals to ask patients if they have a disability that requires accommodation under The Americans with Disabilities Act

Requires hospitals to ask patients if they have a disability that requires accommodation under The Americans with Disabilities Act on patient intake forms and what reasonable accommodations are required.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8560** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8560&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A8560A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A8560A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Burdick — primary (person)
- Inez E. Dickens — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas — cosponsor (person)
- Juan Ardila — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-06** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-06** PRINT NUMBER 8560A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-20** REPORTED
- **2024-05-20** RULES REPORT CAL.73
- **2024-05-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.73
- **2024-05-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-05-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-05-20** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8666A
- **2024-06-06** 3RD READING CAL.1889
- **2024-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.624 `executive-signature`
- **2024-12-21** APPROVAL MEMO.62

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/549a8d09-c5e2-4975-8e31-cb7a21dff53d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).