---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires a consultation prior to the discharge of medically fragile young adults"
description: "Relates to medically fragile young adults and pediatric specialized nursing facilities; allows for such young adults to remain in such facilities from age twenty-one until age thirty-six."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 5969"
citation: "New York S 5969 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pete Harckham"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-23"
last_action: "2024-12-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e5da1ed-4ee4-4941-8f17-1e074b534011"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S5969"
source_hash: "41ae9ce730c46221f286b5293a4ecaede1da19ba5b90497df59abcc07b0c6138"
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 S 5969 (2023-2024) — Requires a consultation prior to the discharge of medically fragile young adults

Relates to medically fragile young adults and pediatric specialized nursing facilities; allows for such young adults to remain in such facilities from age twenty-one until age thirty-six.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5969** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5969&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S5969A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S5969A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **19–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pete Harckham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-23** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** PRINT NUMBER 5969A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-03** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1643
- **2024-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-06-03** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3674A
- **2024-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.593
- **2024-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-12-02** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-13** SIGNED CHAP.597 `executive-signature`
- **2024-12-13** APPROVAL MEMO.43

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e5da1ed-4ee4-4941-8f17-1e074b534011`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).