---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides a mental hygiene legal service to certain patients or residents of residential healthcare facilities"
description: "Provides a mental hygiene legal service to patients or residents of residential healthcare facilities who have been admitted directly from a facility and who have a serious mental illness and are receiving services related to such illness."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 4482"
citation: "New York A 4482 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CUSICK"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-12-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/743a0084-7a18-4020-b632-35d73e4ef7f6"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A4482"
source_hash: "230fdcefcf67fca290eac3f5c6b7b93a6e188c3085574004cfc2e80ab1409471"
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 4482 (2019-2020) — Provides a mental hygiene legal service to certain patients or residents of residential healthcare facilities

Provides a mental hygiene legal service to patients or residents of residential healthcare facilities who have been admitted directly from a facility and who have a serious mental illness and are receiving services related to such illness.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4482** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4482&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- CUSICK — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21** REPORTED
- **2019-05-23** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.408
- **2019-05-30** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-30** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-05-30** REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3766
- **2019-06-14** 3RD READING CAL.1381
- **2019-06-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-14** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-16** SIGNED CHAP.658 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/743a0084-7a18-4020-b632-35d73e4ef7f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).