---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to extending provisions of the public health law relating to medical reimbursement and welfare reform"
description: "Extends provisions relating to medical reimbursement and welfare reform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7059"
citation: "New York S 7059 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RIVERA"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-05-26"
last_action: "2021-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4d44d7d-4af9-4f39-bbf1-6a449eb6ad73"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7059"
source_hash: "ba877f4f16760bc73d8f6baced0cc2dff0c128bd88e74d8b72ab519894e68408"
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 7059 (2021-2022) — Relates to extending provisions of the public health law relating to medical reimbursement and welfare reform

Extends provisions relating to medical reimbursement and welfare reform.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7059** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7059&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- RIVERA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-26** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1424
- **2021-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-02** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-02** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7658
- **2021-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.391
- **2021-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-29** SIGNED CHAP.186 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4d44d7d-4af9-4f39-bbf1-6a449eb6ad73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).