Senate Bill S2553

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires every general hospital to have a community advisory board

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee


  • 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

2023-S2553 (ACTIVE) - Details

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:
2013-2014: S4817
2015-2016: S42
2017-2018: S576
2019-2020: S1856
2021-2022: S444

2023-S2553 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires every general hospital to have a community advisory board.

2023-S2553 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2553 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2553
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, SEPULVEDA, SKOUFIS -- 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.
                                                            LBD07154-01-3
 S. 2553                             2
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.