---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires residential health care facilities to document the reason for an individual requesting a voluntary transfer or discharge"
description: "Requires residential health care facilities to document the reason for an individual requesting a voluntary transfer or discharge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 6204"
citation: "New York S 6204 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RIVERA"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-15"
last_action: "2021-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba306044-a294-411d-8239-25e5b17105b6"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6204"
source_hash: "74ebb2f69549f141850174aa0c21f6e33ec72c7dc6ab275385ba0c3ec12b5888"
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 6204 (2021-2022) — Requires residential health care facilities to document the reason for an individual requesting a voluntary transfer or discharge

Requires residential health care facilities to document the reason for an individual requesting a voluntary transfer or discharge.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6204** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6204&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- RIVERA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-15** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.728
- **2021-04-27** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-04-27** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-04-27** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7018
- **2021-05-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.273
- **2021-05-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-11** SIGNED CHAP.138 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba306044-a294-411d-8239-25e5b17105b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).