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type: "Bill"
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title: "Provides for additional remedies for patients' private right of actions in residential health care facilities"
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description: "Provides for additional remedies for patients' private right of actions in residential health care facilities; allows class actions by patients, patient's legal representative, or such patient's estate."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
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legislature: "New York Legislature"
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session: "2021-2022"
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identifier: "A 159"
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citation: "New York A 159 (2021-2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["GOTTFRIED"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-01-06"
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last_action: "2022-08-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5921b852-1b34-4ed6-857d-99cbcf42aa28"
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source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A159"
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source_hash: "d9481392a093f10cc6a64c66875656ef6f1ef0cde4c6e908939d104f859cc712"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
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---
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# New York A 159 (2021-2022) — Provides for additional remedies for patients' private right of actions in residential health care facilities
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Provides for additional remedies for patients' private right of actions in residential health care facilities; allows class actions by patients, patient's legal representative, or such patient's estate.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **A159** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A159&term=2021&Text=Y)
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## Votes
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- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
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- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- GOTTFRIED — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-25** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-02** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-08** REPORTED
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- **2022-02-10** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.382
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- **2022-02-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
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- **2022-02-14** DELIVERED TO SENATE
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- **2022-02-14** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR S995
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- **2022-06-02** 3RD READING CAL.887
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- **2022-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
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- **2022-06-02** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
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- **2022-08-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-08-17** SIGNED CHAP.502 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5921b852-1b34-4ed6-857d-99cbcf42aa28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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