---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to requiring the office for people with developmental disabilities to establish the care demonstration program"
description: "Requires the office for people with developmental disabilities to establish the care demonstration program, to utilize the state workforce to provide community based care to individuals with developmental disabilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 4998"
citation: "New York S 4998 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MANNION"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-22"
last_action: "2021-12-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/897a8834-7685-4c62-a885-ef0ebee4fed7"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4998"
source_hash: "1728d93a17317b663264077fcbc5d19bdac3d397ed802b372a45fb755684dcc9"
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 4998 (2021-2022) — Relates to requiring the office for people with developmental disabilities to establish the care demonstration program

Requires the office for people with developmental disabilities to establish the care demonstration program, to utilize the state workforce to provide community based care to individuals with developmental disabilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4998** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4998&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Disabilities Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MANNION — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22** REFERRED TO DISABILITIES `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** 1ST REPORT CAL.812
- **2021-04-28** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-05-03** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-05-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-24** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-24** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5364
- **2021-05-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.94
- **2021-05-24** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-24** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-11-29** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-10** SIGNED CHAP.670 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-10** APPROVAL MEMO.87

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/897a8834-7685-4c62-a885-ef0ebee4fed7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).