---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the definition of medical debt"
description: "Exempts credit card debt from the definition of medical debt unless the credit card is issued under an open-ended or closed-ended plan offered specifically for the payment of health care services, products, or devices provided to a person."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 8373"
citation: "New York S 8373 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gustavo Rivera"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-11-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15906b47-49f8-4e19-9939-b24b981b4823"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8373"
source_hash: "27c1aed0ab877d04556aff2698aade7adc8100f7231719946dae9fb47e5e5d49"
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 8373 (2023-2024) — Relates to the definition of medical debt

Exempts credit card debt from the definition of medical debt unless the credit card is issued under an open-ended or closed-ended plan offered specifically for the payment of health care services, products, or devices provided to a person.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8373** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8373&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S8373A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S8373A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **53–8** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- Consumer Protection Vote - Version: A — **6–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gustavo Rivera — primary (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** PRINT NUMBER 8373A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-06** 1ST REPORT CAL.361
- **2024-02-07** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-02-12** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-05-15** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-15** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-05-16** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9438
- **2024-05-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.77
- **2024-05-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-05-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-11-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-22** SIGNED CHAP.514 `executive-signature`
- **2024-11-22** APPROVAL MEMO.19

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15906b47-49f8-4e19-9939-b24b981b4823`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).