republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2017-2018/s-8769.md

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Bill	Relates to a hospital's policies and procedures regarding discharge of individuals with a mental health disorder	Requires the office of mental health to develop educational materials on effective discharge planning of individuals with a mental health disorder who are discharged from a hospital and provide such materials to general hospitals across the state.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2017-2018	S 8769	New York S 8769 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	ORTT	2	13	4	2018-05-15	2018-12-07	openstates	ocd-bill/727f637a-27f3-4407-bedf-b1596f222a20	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S8769	adef9e6e26bc664ee3db12e19b3db3ef25e25cc946d5d7decaddb081773c0980	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York S 8769 (2017-2018) — Relates to a hospital's policies and procedures regarding discharge of individuals with a mental health disorder

Requires the office of mental health to develop educational materials on effective discharge planning of individuals with a mental health disorder who are discharged from a hospital and provide such materials to general hospitals across the state.

Version chain

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

1. S8769 HTML (committee substitute) — source
2. S8769 PDF (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Rules Vote — 24–1 (pass) · upper
• Floor Vote — 59–0 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Vote — 139–0 (pass) · lower
• Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities Vote — 11–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• ORTT — primary (person)
• HAMILTON — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-05-15 REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES referral-committee
• 2018-05-31 REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE referral-committee
• 2018-06-14 COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2018-06-14 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1805
• 2018-06-14 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2018-06-14 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2018-06-14 REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS referral-committee
• 2018-06-18 SUBSTITUTED FOR A10644
• 2018-06-18 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.234
• 2018-06-18 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2018-06-18 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2018-11-27 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2018-12-07 SIGNED CHAP.391 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/727f637a-27f3-4407-bedf-b1596f222a20. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).