Senate Bill S576

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires every general hospital to have a community advisory board

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S576 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2379
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2803-l, Pub Health L; amd §4, NYC Health & Hosp Corp Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7074
2013-2014: S4817, A4525
2015-2016: S42, A376
2019-2020: S1856, A1148
2021-2022: S444, A176
2023-2024: S2553

2017-S576 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires every general hospital to have a community advisory board.

2017-S576 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S576 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    576
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the New York city  health  and
   hospitals  corporation act, in relation to hospital community advisory
   boards

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  2803-l  of  the public health law, as amended by
 chapter 639 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   § 2803-l. Community service plans AND COMMUNITY  ADVISORY  BOARDS.  1.
 The  governing  body  of  a  [voluntary non-profit] general hospital, IN
 COOPERATION WITH THE HOSPITAL'S  COMMUNITY  ADVISORY  BOARD  ESTABLISHED
 UNDER THIS SECTION, must issue an organizational mission statement iden-
 tifying  at  a  minimum  the  populations  and communities served by the
 hospital and the hospital's commitment to meeting the health care  needs
 of the community.
   2.  The  governing  body, IN COOPERATION WITH THE HOSPITAL'S COMMUNITY
 ADVISORY BOARD ESTABLISHED UNDER THIS SECTION must at least every  three
 years:
   (i) review and amend as necessary the hospital mission statement;
   (ii)  solicit  the  views of the communities served by the hospital on
 such issues as the hospital's performance and service priorities;
   (iii) demonstrate the hospital's operational and financial  commitment
 to meeting community health care needs, to provide charity care services
 and to improve access to health care services by the underserved; and
   (iv) prepare and make available to the public a statement showing on a
 combined  basis a summary of the financial resources of the hospital and
 related corporations and the allocation of available resources to hospi-
 tal purposes including the provision of free or reduced charge services.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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