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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 2726: Relates to the definition of family for purposes of services provided by voluntary foster care agency health facilities

Passed both chambers Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 2726 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 22, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to the definition of family for purposes of services provided by voluntary foster care agency health facilities. Primary sponsor: Amy Paulin (Democratic). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 3, 2026): RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Includes both the birth family and the foster family of children in foster care, and other families receiving child welfare services from the authorized agency or the local departments of social services in the case of authorized agencies in the definition of family for purposes of services provided by voluntary foster care agency health facilities.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Amy PaulinPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse88
Brian CunninghamCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Andrew HevesiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Nader SayeghCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
Phil SteckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse110

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
  2. PASSED SENATE
  3. 3RD READING CAL.560
  4. SUBSTITUTED FOR S9237
  5. REFERRED TO HEALTH
  6. DELIVERED TO SENATE
  7. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  8. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.449
  9. REPORTED
  10. REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
  11. REFERRED TO HEALTH
  12. PRINT NUMBER 2726A

Showing 12 most recent of 14 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source