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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Clarifies the meaning of the phrase greatest social need for purposes of the administration of programs under the federal Older Americans Act of 1965"
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description: "Clarifies the meaning of the phrase \"greatest social need\" for purposes of the administration of programs under the federal Older Americans Act of 1965, defining it to mean the need caused by non-economic factors that restrict an individual's ability to perform normal daily tasks or that threaten his or her capacity to live independently."
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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: "S 78"
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citation: "New York S 78 (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: ["HOYLMAN"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2021-01-06"
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last_action: "2022-10-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c3d6465-b593-4623-aec5-feb7f27c01ec"
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source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S78"
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source_hash: "5004ce925fb1ad452ce6d86c7f89ff280a42f07d933c4cf64d1a8f311339bc9d"
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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 S 78 (2021-2022) — Clarifies the meaning of the phrase greatest social need for purposes of the administration of programs under the federal Older Americans Act of 1965
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Clarifies the meaning of the phrase "greatest social need" for purposes of the administration of programs under the federal Older Americans Act of 1965, defining it to mean the need caused by non-economic factors that restrict an individual's ability to perform normal daily tasks or that threaten his or her capacity to live independently.
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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. **S78** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S78&term=2021&Text=Y)
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2. **S78A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S78A)
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## Votes
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- Aging Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Floor Vote - Version: A — **57–6** (pass) · upper
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- Assembly Vote — **142–2** (pass) · lower
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- Aging Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Floor Vote - Version: A — **58–5** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- HOYLMAN — primary (person)
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- MANNION — cosponsor (person)
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- MAY — cosponsor (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 AGING `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-01** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGING `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-01** PRINT NUMBER 78A `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-02-09** 1ST REPORT CAL.328
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- **2021-02-10** 2ND REPORT CAL.
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- **2021-02-22** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
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- **2021-03-17** PASSED SENATE `passage`
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- **2021-03-17** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
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- **2021-03-17** REFERRED TO AGING `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-05** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
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- **2022-01-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
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- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO AGING `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-01** 1ST REPORT CAL.378
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- **2022-02-02** 2ND REPORT CAL.
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- **2022-02-03** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
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- **2022-02-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
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- **2022-02-28** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
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- **2022-02-28** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7855
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- **2022-05-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.131
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- **2022-05-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
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- **2022-05-11** RETURNED TO SENATE
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- **2022-10-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-10-17** SIGNED CHAP.573 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-10-17** APPROVAL MEMO.21
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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/8c3d6465-b593-4623-aec5-feb7f27c01ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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