NY S 4903

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Directs the creation of a document giving certain notice to parents and guardians of school age students who are diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition or a certain medical condition

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Enacts the "Shepherd Patterson notification act"; requires a physician who treats a minor patient with a medical condition that may cause a disability to provide certain educational information to such patient's parents or guardians indicating such minor is entitled to a free and appropriate public education as defined under section five hundred four of the federal rehabilitation act of nineteen hundred seventy-three; makes related provisions.

Introduced: —
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-05-29 — REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-02-14
REFERRED TO HEALTH
referral-committee
2025-06-09
COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
referral-committee
2025-06-09
ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1623
2025-06-10
PASSED SENATE
passage
2025-06-10
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2025-06-10
REFERRED TO HEALTH
referral-committee
2026-01-07
DIED IN ASSEMBLY
2026-01-07
RETURNED TO SENATE
2026-01-07
REFERRED TO HEALTH
referral-committee
2026-02-27
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH
amendment-passage,referral-committee
2026-02-27
PRINT NUMBER 4903A
amendment-passage
2026-05-05
1ST REPORT CAL.975
2026-05-06
2ND REPORT CAL.
2026-05-07
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2026-05-11
AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4903B
amendment-passage
2026-05-29
PASSED SENATE
passage
2026-05-29
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2026-05-29
REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
referral-committee

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Votes

Rules Vote
2025-06-09 · pass · 21-0
Member-level votes (21)
- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.: yes
- Jamaal Bailey: yes
- Leroy Comrie: yes
- Nathalia Fernandez: yes
- Patrick M. Gallivan: yes
- Michael Gianaris: yes
- Joseph A. Griffo: yes
- Pete Harckham: yes
- Brad Hoylman-Sigal: yes
- Liz Krueger: yes
- Andrew J. Lanza: yes
- John Liu: yes
- Shelley Mayer: yes
- Zellnor Myrie: yes
- Robert Ortt: yes
- Kevin S. Parker: yes
- Luis R. Sepúlveda: yes
- Dan Stec: yes
- Andrea Stewart-Cousins: yes
- Pamela Helming: yes
- Thomas F. O'Mara: yes
Floor Vote
2025-06-10 · pass · 58-0
Member-level votes (63)
- Jake Ashby: yes
- Jamaal Bailey: yes
- April Baskin: yes
- George Borrello: yes
- Jabari Brisport: yes
- Samra Brouk: yes
- Siela Bynoe: yes
- Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick: yes
- Stephen T. Chan: yes
- Cordell Cleare: yes
- Leroy Comrie: yes
- Jeremy Cooney: yes
- Patricia Fahy: yes
- Nathalia Fernandez: yes
- Patrick M. Gallivan: yes
- Michael Gianaris: yes
- Kristen Gonzalez: yes
- Andrew Gounardes: yes
- Joseph A. Griffo: yes
- Pete Harckham: yes
- Pamela Helming: yes
- Michelle Hinchey: yes
- Brad Hoylman-Sigal: yes
- Robert Jackson: yes
- Brian Kavanagh: yes
- Liz Krueger: yes
- Andrew J. Lanza: yes
- John Liu: yes
- Monica Martinez: yes
- Jack M. Martins: yes
- Mario Mattera: yes
- Rachel May: yes
- Shelley Mayer: yes
- Thomas F. O'Mara: yes
- Peter Oberacker: yes
- Robert Ortt: yes
- Anthony H. Palumbo: yes
- Kevin S. Parker: yes
- Roxanne J. Persaud: yes
- Steve Rhoads: yes
- Gustavo Rivera: yes
- Robert Rolison: yes
- Christopher Ryan: yes
- Sean Ryan: yes
- Julia Salazar: yes
- James Sanders Jr.: yes
- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton: yes
- Luis R. Sepúlveda: yes
- José M. Serrano: yes
- James Skoufis: yes
- Toby Ann Stavisky: yes
- Dan Stec: yes
- Andrea Stewart-Cousins: yes
- James Tedisco: yes
- Mark Walczyk: yes
- Lea Webb: yes
- William Weber: yes
- Alexis Weik: yes
- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.: excused
- Dean Murray: excused
- Zellnor Myrie: excused
- Jessica Ramos: excused
- Sam Sutton: excused
Health Vote - Version: A
2026-05-05 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Jake Ashby: yes
- Samra Brouk: yes
- Patrick M. Gallivan: yes
- Kristen Gonzalez: yes
- Robert Jackson: yes
- Jack M. Martins: yes
- Rachel May: yes
- Zellnor Myrie: yes
- Kevin S. Parker: yes
- Steve Rhoads: yes
- Gustavo Rivera: yes
- Christopher Ryan: yes
- Dan Stec: yes
- Sam Sutton: yes
- Lea Webb: yes
Floor Vote - Version: B
2026-05-29 · pass · 58-0
Member-level votes (63)
- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.: yes
- Jake Ashby: yes
- Jamaal Bailey: yes
- April Baskin: yes
- George Borrello: yes
- Erik Bottcher: yes
- Jabari Brisport: yes
- Siela Bynoe: yes
- Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick: yes
- Stephen T. Chan: yes
- Cordell Cleare: yes
- Leroy Comrie: yes
- Jeremy Cooney: yes
- Patricia Fahy: yes
- Nathalia Fernandez: yes
- Patrick M. Gallivan: yes
- Michael Gianaris: yes
- Kristen Gonzalez: yes
- Joseph A. Griffo: yes
- Pete Harckham: yes
- Pamela Helming: yes
- Michelle Hinchey: yes
- Robert Jackson: yes
- Brian Kavanagh: yes
- Liz Krueger: yes
- Andrew J. Lanza: yes
- John Liu: yes
- Monica Martinez: yes
- Jack M. Martins: yes
- Mario Mattera: yes
- Rachel May: yes
- Shelley Mayer: yes
- Dean Murray: yes
- Thomas F. O'Mara: yes
- Peter Oberacker: yes
- Robert Ortt: yes
- Anthony H. Palumbo: yes
- Kevin S. Parker: yes
- Roxanne J. Persaud: yes
- Jessica Ramos: yes
- Steve Rhoads: yes
- Gustavo Rivera: yes
- Robert Rolison: yes
- Christopher Ryan: yes
- Julia Salazar: yes
- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton: yes
- Luis R. Sepúlveda: yes
- José M. Serrano: yes
- James Skoufis: yes
- Toby Ann Stavisky: yes
- Dan Stec: yes
- Andrea Stewart-Cousins: yes
- James Tedisco: yes
- Mark Walczyk: yes
- Lea Webb: yes
- William Weber: yes
- Alexis Weik: yes
- Jeremy Zellner: yes
- Samra Brouk: excused
- Andrew Gounardes: excused
- Zellnor Myrie: excused
- James Sanders Jr.: excused
- Sam Sutton: excused

Related bills

Prior session: S 4150
Prior session: S 2995not in this corpus
Companion bill: A 10421

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https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S4903?summary=&detail=

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