---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the effectiveness of certain provisions of chapter 462 of the laws of 2015 amending the elder law relating to long term care ombudsman access to assisted living facilities"
description: "Relates to the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to long term care ombudsman access to assisted living facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 5780"
citation: "New York S 5780 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MAY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-05-14"
last_action: "2019-11-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b56045b4-e3a6-49d1-9273-4646ec0c10ae"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5780"
source_hash: "89afbf08147e84e804da75d93fead30a34e3c686b0aeeabdaff1ed64997fe127"
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 5780 (2019-2020) — Relates to the effectiveness of certain provisions of chapter 462 of the laws of 2015 amending the elder law relating to long term care ombudsman access to assisted living facilities

Relates to the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to long term care ombudsman access to assisted living facilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5780** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5780&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Aging Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MAY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-14** REFERRED TO AGING `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30** 1ST REPORT CAL.1102
- **2019-06-03** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-06-04** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-05** REFERRED TO AGING `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7458
- **2019-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.169
- **2019-06-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-11-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-25** SIGNED CHAP.564 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b56045b4-e3a6-49d1-9273-4646ec0c10ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).