---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the reporting and resolution of issues at residential health care facilities"
description: "Relates to the reporting and resolution of issues at residential health care facilities; requires long-term care ombudsmen to receive training in cultural competency and diversity; establishes an outreach and awareness program to promote and recruit long-term care ombudsmen."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 7211"
citation: "New York S 7211 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cordell Cleare"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-05-18"
last_action: "2023-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf685664-6d60-40d3-8c32-812cef291a29"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S7211"
source_hash: "c2b3451d838c2802c9a6194da0ed9ff5330469aff8cd818e8b0b0d1a485b5fc2"
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 7211 (2023-2024) — Relates to the reporting and resolution of issues at residential health care facilities

Relates to the reporting and resolution of issues at residential health care facilities; requires long-term care ombudsmen to receive training in cultural competency and diversity; establishes an outreach and awareness program to promote and recruit long-term care ombudsmen.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7211** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7211&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cordell Cleare — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-18** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1542
- **2023-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-07** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-07** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7218
- **2023-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.795
- **2023-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.770 `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.90

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf685664-6d60-40d3-8c32-812cef291a29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).