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type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to enacting the \"long-term care ombudsman program reform act\""
description: "Directs the office of the state long-term care ombudsman to advertise and promote the long-term care ombudsman program (Part A); directs the commissioner of health, in consultation with the state long-term care ombudsman and the commissioners of the departments responsible for the license or certification of long-term care facilities, to establish policies and procedures for reporting, by staff and volunteers of the long-term care ombudsman program, issues concerning the health, safety and welfare of residents at long-term care facilities (Part B); includes access to state long-term care ombudsman program staff and volunteers within the pandemic emergency plan prepared by residential health care facilities (Part C)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 612"
citation: "New York S 612 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MAY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fe281b5-4ea8-4ff1-8e81-8c9054fd0d88"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S612"
source_hash: "f18f0646f3d91dfe97a34c491ca06d3dbcf444979ba9213d3200c4a111c9ab9b"
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 612 (2021-2022) — Relates to enacting the "long-term care ombudsman program reform act"
Directs the office of the state long-term care ombudsman to advertise and promote the long-term care ombudsman program (Part A); directs the commissioner of health, in consultation with the state long-term care ombudsman and the commissioners of the departments responsible for the license or certification of long-term care facilities, to establish policies and procedures for reporting, by staff and volunteers of the long-term care ombudsman program, issues concerning the health, safety and welfare of residents at long-term care facilities (Part B); includes access to state long-term care ombudsman program staff and volunteers within the pandemic emergency plan prepared by residential health care facilities (Part C).
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S612** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S612)
2. **S612A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S612A)
3. **S612B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S612B)
## Votes
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Aging Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–1** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- MAY — primary (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- COONEY — cosponsor (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- HARCKHAM — cosponsor (person)
- HINCHEY — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- KRUEGER — cosponsor (person)
- PARKER — cosponsor (person)
- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO AGING `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO AGING `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** PRINT NUMBER 612A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-09** 1ST REPORT CAL.330
- **2021-02-10** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-02-22** COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.330
- **2021-02-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-02-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-02-22** REFERRED TO AGING `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-19** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-19** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-05-19** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 612B `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-26** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-26** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-26** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-26** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5436B
- **2021-05-26** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.26
- **2021-05-26** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-26** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.759 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.121
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5fe281b5-4ea8-4ff1-8e81-8c9054fd0d88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).