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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 8965: Relates to providing information to patients and the public on hospital rule-based exclusions

Passed one chamber 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 8965 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 21, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to providing information to patients and the public on hospital rule-based exclusions. Primary sponsor: Michelle Hinchey (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 21 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 4, 2026): REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS.

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.

Relates to providing information to patients and the public on hospital rule-based exclusions; requires the commissioner of health to collect from each hospital a list of its hospital rule-based exclusions and publish such information on the department's website.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 11 · Democratic/Working Families 11

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Michelle HincheyPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate41
Joe AddabboCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Samra BroukCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate55
Leroy ComrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Pat FahyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate46
Nathalia FernándezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Kristen GonzalezCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate59
Andrew GounardesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Pete HarckhamCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate40
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Brian KavanaghCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Liz KruegerCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate28
John LiuCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Rachel MayCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate48
Zellnor MyrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate20
Gustavo RiveraCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate33
Chris RyanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate50
Julia SalazarCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate18
Luis SepúlvedaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32
Jose SerranoCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate29
Lea WebbCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate52
Jeremy ZellnerCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate61

“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 WAYS AND MEANS
  2. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  3. PASSED SENATE
  4. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1739
  5. COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
  6. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
  7. REFERRED TO HEALTH

Sources

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