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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 8040: Requires the Commissioner for the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities to provide care for certain persons with developmental disabilities who have been admitted to hospitals on an emergency basis

In committee 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

S 8040 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on May 15, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires the Commissioner for the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities to provide care for certain persons with developmental disabilities who have been admitted to hospitals on an emergency basis. Primary sponsor: Pat Fahy (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO DISABILITIES.

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.

Requires the Commissioner of the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities to provide care for certain persons with developmental disabilities who have been admitted to hospitals or psychiatric facilities on an emergency basis.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Pat FahyPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate46

“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. REFERRED TO DISABILITIES
  2. REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

Sources

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