Requires general hospitals to provide language assistance services

Latest action Dec 10, 2025

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.

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Where it stands

Signed into law.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A387, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Passed as A387, the matching Assembly bill.

Amends the Public Health Law.

Committee

Health · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Health · New York State Senate.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

To ensure that patients with limited English proficiency, or vision or hearing-impaired patients have adequate access to the hospital's programs and services, including but not limited to health care, bill- ing, and making appointments.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateJun 10, 2025Result: passedSenate vote on A387, the matching Assembly bill.
(57) (1) (0) (5)
Vote: Committee vote · Health
Senate HealthMay 20, 2025Result: passed
(13) (0) (0) (1)

Cosponsors

Al Taylor, Amy Paulin and 19 more on Agora

Democratic19
Republican2

See the full list on nysenate.gov

The sponsor's argument

Why John Liu says this is needed

This bill is necessary to protect and better serve those residents and visitors to New York who have limited English proficiency, or those who are hearing or vision impaired. These New Yorkers need language assist- ance services in order to adequately access medical services.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

Dec 10, 2025
Signed
SIGNED CHAP.614
NY Assembly
Dec 1, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
NY Assembly
Jun 10, 2025
3RD Reading CAL.1266
3RD READING CAL.1266
NY Senate
Jun 10, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
Jun 10, 2025
Substituted
SUBSTITUTED FOR S6288B
NY Senate

Show full history (14 earlier events)

May 22, 2025
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate
May 21, 2025
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate
May 20, 2025
1ST Report CAL.1266
1ST REPORT CAL.1266
NY Senate
May 14, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO SENATE
NY Assembly
May 14, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
May 14, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO HEALTH
NY Senate
Apr 11, 2025
Amend and Recommit to Health
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH
NY Senate
Mar 25, 2025
Amend (t) and Recommit to Health
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH
NY Senate
Mar 25, 2025
Amended
AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 387B
NY Assembly
Mar 20, 2025
Advanced to Third Reading CAL.61
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.61
NY Assembly
Mar 18, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED
NY Assembly
Mar 7, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO HEALTH
NY Senate
Mar 6, 2025
Amend and Recommit to Health
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH
NY Assembly
Jan 8, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO HEALTH
NY Assembly

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Summary: The summary comes from NY Open Legislation, the New York State Senate's public record. For more, see How we handle summaries.
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