---
type: "Bill"
title: "Directs the commissioner of health to establish and implement an infection inspection control audit and checklist on nursing homes"
description: "Directs the commissioner of health to establish and implement an infection inspection control audit and checklist on nursing homes; provides civil penalties for nursing homes who violate infection control standards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7726"
citation: "New York S 7726 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SKOUFIS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-07"
last_action: "2022-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20495781-04e2-454f-bb54-98288ba016c1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7726"
source_hash: "7da22c4d77de7179367de9456731189ef71664f8e7c508fda7e3b2e39f3e50c8"
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 7726 (2021-2022) — Directs the commissioner of health to establish and implement an infection inspection control audit and checklist on nursing homes

Directs the commissioner of health to establish and implement an infection inspection control audit and checklist on nursing homes; provides civil penalties for nursing homes who violate infection control standards.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7726** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7726&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–1** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **100–40** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SKOUFIS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.54
- **2022-01-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-01-19** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-19** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8775
- **2022-02-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.370
- **2022-03-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-03-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-03-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-18** SIGNED CHAP.152 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20495781-04e2-454f-bb54-98288ba016c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).