---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides for additional remedies for patients' private right of actions in residential health care facilities"
description: "Provides for additional remedies for patients' private right of actions in residential health care facilities; allows class actions by patients, patient's legal representative, or such patient's estate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 159"
citation: "New York A 159 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GOTTFRIED"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2022-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5921b852-1b34-4ed6-857d-99cbcf42aa28"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A159"
source_hash: "d9481392a093f10cc6a64c66875656ef6f1ef0cde4c6e908939d104f859cc712"
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 159 (2021-2022) — Provides for additional remedies for patients' private right of actions in residential health care facilities

Provides for additional remedies for patients' private right of actions in residential health care facilities; allows class actions by patients, patient's legal representative, or such patient's estate.

## Version chain

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

1. **A159** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A159&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- GOTTFRIED — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** REPORTED
- **2022-02-10** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.382
- **2022-02-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-02-14** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-02-14** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR S995
- **2022-06-02** 3RD READING CAL.887
- **2022-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-02** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-08-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-08-17** SIGNED CHAP.502 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5921b852-1b34-4ed6-857d-99cbcf42aa28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).