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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relates to designated essential support persons for individuals with disabilities"
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description: "Allows for an individual with a disability or the legal guardian for the individual to designate a single primary essential support person to assist with communicating medical needs and managing everyday needs during hospitalization."
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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 8751"
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citation: "New York A 8751 (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: ["PHEFFER AMATO"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-01-11"
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last_action: "2022-02-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3010f21f-7b9c-407a-af7f-802fd5ad58d5"
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source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A8751"
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source_hash: "33fb7b893e9c39664dd665894f1b5b7cd26acabbacb27f6829920c032bd30685"
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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 8751 (2021-2022) — Relates to designated essential support persons for individuals with disabilities
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Allows for an individual with a disability or the legal guardian for the individual to designate a single primary essential support person to assist with communicating medical needs and managing everyday needs during hospitalization.
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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. **A8751** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8751&term=2021&Text=Y)
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## Votes
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- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower
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- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- PHEFFER AMATO — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-11** REFERRED TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-19** REPORTED
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- **2022-01-19** RULES REPORT CAL.31
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- **2022-01-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.31
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- **2022-01-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
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- **2022-01-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
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- **2022-01-20** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7884
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- **2022-02-01** 3RD READING CAL.298
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- **2022-02-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
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- **2022-02-01** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
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- **2022-02-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-02-24** SIGNED CHAP.42 `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/3010f21f-7b9c-407a-af7f-802fd5ad58d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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