Assembly Bill A376

2015-2016 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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2015-A376 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S42
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2803-l, Pub Health L; amd §4, NYC Health & Hosp Corps Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7074
2013-2014: A4525, S4817
2017-2018: A2379, S576
2019-2020: A1148, S1856
2021-2022: A176, S444
2023-2024: S2553

2015-A376 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires every general hospital to have a community advisory board.

2015-A376 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   376

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, DINOWITZ, PAULIN, AUBRY, COOK, GLICK,
  ROBINSON, SEPULVEDA, PERRY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  BRENNAN,
  CLARK, JAFFEE, ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred 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:
  S  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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01932-01-5
              

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