---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires general hospitals to establish policies/procedures regarding domestic violence; to establish training programs; to designate staff to coordinate services"
description: "Requires hospitals to establish policies and procedures regarding domestic violence; establishes ongoing training programs on domestic violence for all current and new hospital employees; designates a hospital staff member to coordinate services to victims; provides for the interaction of hospitals with community domestic violence service providers in order to coordinate services to victims of domestic violence; requires hospitals to offer to contact a local advocate when admitting or treating a confirmed or suspected victim of domestic violence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 2850"
citation: "New York A 2850 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LAVINE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-12-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4eb0943d-a7dc-4e2f-8363-c636e510fea5"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A2850"
source_hash: "560d9287cf0e2e44d4fa04d14ef334c5be427512d2333e7c31e3f393f457878d"
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 2850 (2019-2020) — Requires general hospitals to establish policies/procedures regarding domestic violence; to establish training programs; to designate staff to coordinate services

Requires hospitals to establish policies and procedures regarding domestic violence; establishes ongoing training programs on domestic violence for all current and new hospital employees; designates a hospital staff member to coordinate services to victims; provides for the interaction of hospitals with community domestic violence service providers in order to coordinate services to victims of domestic violence; requires hospitals to offer to contact a local advocate when admitting or treating a confirmed or suspected victim of domestic violence.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2850** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2850&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A2850A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A2850A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **137–4** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LAVINE — primary (person)
- BICHOTTE — cosponsor (person)
- BRONSON — cosponsor (person)
- CRESPO — cosponsor (person)
- FAHY — cosponsor (person)
- FERNANDEZ — cosponsor (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- MILLER MG — cosponsor (person)
- ORTIZ — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- REYES — cosponsor (person)
- RICHARDSON — cosponsor (person)
- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- WALCZYK — cosponsor (person)
- WALKER — cosponsor (person)
- WALLACE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** REPORTED
- **2019-02-21** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.63
- **2019-03-04** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 2850A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-14** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-05-14** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3962A
- **2019-05-14** 3RD READING CAL.679
- **2019-05-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-14** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-12-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.733 `executive-signature`
- **2019-12-23** APPROVAL MEMO.79

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4eb0943d-a7dc-4e2f-8363-c636e510fea5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).