---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to establishing an adult cystic fibrosis assistance program"
description: "Re-establishes the adult cystic fibrosis assistance program to reimburse the cost of providing health care or health insurance to eligible individuals who have cystic fibrosis."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 6521"
citation: "New York S 6521 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Thomas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-04-25"
last_action: "2023-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80a84da9-1931-42fc-b249-7b0e38277ea5"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S6521"
source_hash: "d3f26e421574bba75c411eb9eee066f3a7c64990bd5e32c101f9bce1d75441e9"
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 6521 (2023-2024) — Relates to establishing an adult cystic fibrosis assistance program

Re-establishes the adult cystic fibrosis assistance program to reimburse the cost of providing health care or health insurance to eligible individuals who have cystic fibrosis.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6521** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6521&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Health Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kevin Thomas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-25** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1387
- **2023-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-05** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3089
- **2023-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.808
- **2023-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.769 `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.89

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80a84da9-1931-42fc-b249-7b0e38277ea5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).