republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2017-2018/s-6078.md

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Bill	Relates to prohibiting charges for certain health records needed for government benefits or programs	Relates to health record access for government benefits or programs; prohibits providers and facilities from charging fees for providing access to or copies of records needed by a patient for an application, claim or appeal for a government benefit or program.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2017-2018	S 6078	New York S 6078 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	VALESKY	2	13	3	2017-05-11	2017-09-13	openstates	ocd-bill/340f2a01-4409-4fa7-b45d-096e530814c9	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S6078	d8faa643f2427896775d5ed548a9f4c4f8b3085c841e5d3c52b77d96d1e1d507	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York S 6078 (2017-2018) — Relates to prohibiting charges for certain health records needed for government benefits or programs

Relates to health record access for government benefits or programs; prohibits providers and facilities from charging fees for providing access to or copies of records needed by a patient for an application, claim or appeal for a government benefit or program.

Version chain

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

1. S6078 HTML (committee substitute) — source
2. S6078 PDF (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Assembly Vote — 138–6 (pass) · lower
• Floor Vote — 61–1 (pass) · upper
• Health Vote — 17–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• VALESKY — primary (person)
• CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-05-11 REFERRED TO HEALTH referral-committee
• 2017-05-23 1ST REPORT CAL.1160
• 2017-05-24 2ND REPORT CAL.
• 2017-06-05 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• 2017-06-19 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2017-06-19 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2017-06-19 REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS referral-committee
• 2017-06-19 SUBSTITUTED FOR A7842
• 2017-06-19 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.409
• 2017-06-20 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2017-06-20 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2017-09-01 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2017-09-13 SIGNED CHAP.322 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/340f2a01-4409-4fa7-b45d-096e530814c9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).