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type: "Bill"
title: "Requires general hospitals to provide language assistance services"
description: "Requires general hospitals to provide language assistance services; requires general hospitals to develop a language assistance program to ensure meaningful access to the general hospital's services and reasonable accommodation for all patients who require language assistance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 387"
citation: "New York A 387 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nily Rozic"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-12-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90ac991a-c2eb-45ef-9058-382b52fe017e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A387"
source_hash: "4dbb55334ede10ba5756dd8e68349e56e9cdb91f527ea76fe8f5d19b0be44127"
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 A 387 (2025-2026) — Requires general hospitals to provide language assistance services
Requires general hospitals to provide language assistance services; requires general hospitals to develop a language assistance program to ensure meaningful access to the general hospital's services and reasonable accommodation for all patients who require language assistance.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **A387** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A387&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **A387A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A387A)
3. **A387B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A387B)
## Votes
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **57–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **113–34** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Nily Rozic — primary (person)
- Al Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Amy Paulin — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
- Catalina Cruz — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- David McDonough — cosponsor (person)
- David Weprin — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Braunstein — cosponsor (person)
- Grace Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Joe DeStefano — cosponsor (person)
- Maritza Davila — cosponsor (person)
- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
- Noah Burroughs — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
- Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Kim — cosponsor (person)
- Tommy Schiavoni — cosponsor (person)
- William Colton — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** PRINT NUMBER 387A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-18** REPORTED
- **2025-03-20** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.61
- **2025-03-25** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 387B `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-05-14** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-05-14** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6288B
- **2025-06-10** 3RD READING CAL.1266
- **2025-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-12-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-10** SIGNED CHAP.614 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90ac991a-c2eb-45ef-9058-382b52fe017e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).