---
type: "Bill"
title: "Directs the commissioner of health and commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities to conduct a study of the delivery of services to individuals with traumatic brain injury"
description: "Directs the commissioner of health and the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities to conduct a study of the delivery of services to individuals with traumatic brain injury."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 1478"
citation: "New York S 1478 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michelle Hinchey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2024-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f71723f-7dce-497a-b4ec-3e62e900d856"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S1478"
source_hash: "f2d77d4f2610685220221aeaa82a42a3e36e4afd3a5c03e710ac4e6f96130acd"
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 1478 (2023-2024) — Directs the commissioner of health and commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities to conduct a study of the delivery of services to individuals with traumatic brain injury

Directs the commissioner of health and the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities to conduct a study of the delivery of services to individuals with traumatic brain injury.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1478** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1478&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Health Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Health Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michelle Hinchey — primary (person)
- Dean Murray — cosponsor (person)
- Jake Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Rolison — cosponsor (person)
- William Weber — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** 1ST REPORT CAL.379
- **2023-02-15** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-02-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-03-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-03-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-03-09** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** 1ST REPORT CAL.557
- **2024-02-28** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-03-04** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-03-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-03-20** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-03-20** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7215
- **2024-05-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.458
- **2024-05-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-05-14** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.642 `executive-signature`
- **2024-12-21** APPROVAL MEMO.73

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f71723f-7dce-497a-b4ec-3e62e900d856`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).