PolicyWinds
Topic and direction labels are AI-assisted, and each one quotes the bill text it is based on. How labels work
New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly

S04969 Requires victims of firearm violence be offered and/or provided psychiatric care.

Direction

Firearms otherAI label

No change to gun access model confidence 90%

Requires hospitals to develop policies, train staff, and coordinate psychiatric services for victims of firearm violence, with no provisions changing rules on buying, owning, carrying or making firearms.

Every general hospital shall: (a) develop, maintain and disseminate written policies and procedures for the identification, assessment, treatment and referral of confirmed or suspected cases of firearm violence;

✓ Quote verified word for word in the bill text

  1. Filed (completed)
  2. Committee (completed)
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both
  5. Governor
  6. Law

Status: Died (session ended)

Last action
2026-05-14: referred to health
Filed
2025-02-14
Committee
Health
Sponsor
Jamaal Bailey D + 4 cosponsors (4 D)

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill addresses hospital procedures and psychiatric care for victims of firearm violence but contains no provisions that alter access to, restrictions on, or rules governing firearms themselves.

Related bills

Hearings and calendar

Votes

DateChamberMotionYea-Nay
2025-05-13SSenate Health Committee Vote12-1Passed
2025-05-19SSenate Floor Vote - Final Passage42-14Passed
2026-04-21SSenate Health Committee Vote13-2Passed
2026-05-14SSenate Floor Vote - Final Passage46-12Passed

Sponsors

Text versions

History (16 actions)
DateChamberAction
2026-05-14Areferred to health
2026-05-14SDELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2026-05-14SPASSED SENATE
2026-04-27SADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2026-04-22S2ND REPORT CAL.
2026-04-21S1ST REPORT CAL.811
2026-01-07SREFERRED TO HEALTH
2026-01-07Areturned to senate
2026-01-07Adied in assembly
2025-05-19Areferred to health
2025-05-19SDELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2025-05-19SPASSED SENATE
2025-05-15SADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2025-05-14S2ND REPORT CAL.
2025-05-13S1ST REPORT CAL.1089
2025-02-14SREFERRED TO HEALTH