Senate Bill S2471

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides that the N.Y. city health and hospital corporation spend a minimum of 10% of its budget on acute care and emergency room facilities in each borough

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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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2011-S2471 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A63
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §§6 & 4, NYC Health & Hosp Corp Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S3298, A7405
2013-2014: A130
2015-2016: A5222
2017-2018: A6539
2019-2020: A4878
2021-2022: A1226

2011-S2471 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the New York city health and hospital corporation spend a minimum of 10% of its budget on acute care and emergency room facilities in each borough and requires a representative from each borough.

2011-S2471 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S2471 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2471

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 21, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
  and Commissions

AN  ACT to amend the New York city health and hospitals corporation act,
  in relation to the financing of acute care or emergency  room  facili-
  ties

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 6 of section 1 of chapter 1016 of the laws of 1969,
constituting the New York city health and hospitals corporation act,  is
amended by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
  8. THE CORPORATION SHALL SPEND A MINIMUM OF TEN PERCENT OF THE CAPITAL
BUDGET AND TEN PERCENT OF THE OPERATING BUDGET IN EACH BOROUGH.
  S  2.  Subdivision  1 of section 4 of section 1 of chapter 1016 of the
laws of 1969, constituting the New York city health and hospitals corpo-
ration act, is amended to read as follows:
  1. A corporation, to be known as the "New York city health and  hospi-
tals  corporation,"  is hereby created. Such corporation shall be a body
corporate and politic constituting  a  public  benefit  corporation.  It
shall  be  administered  by  a  board of directors consisting of sixteen
members, constituted as follows: five directors shall be the administra-
tor, the commissioner appointed by the  mayor  as  chief  administrative
officer  of  the health functions of the administration, the director of
community mental health services of the administration, the  administra-
tor  of  human resources of the city, and the deputy mayor-city adminis-
trator of the city, or their successors,  all  serving  ex-officio;  ten
directors  shall be appointed by the mayor, five of whom shall be desig-
nated by the city council of the city of New York AND  SHALL  INCLUDE  A
REPRESENTATIVE  FROM EACH OF THE FIVE BOROUGHS; and the remaining direc-
tor shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation. Such  chief
executive  officer  shall be chosen by the aforementioned fifteen direc-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00561-01-1
              

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