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Assembly Bill A7719B

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes the Westchester health care corporation to enter into contracts and arrangements providing for the creation and operation of a delivery system network

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2017-A7719 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5880
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3306, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8034, S5815
2015-2016: A2888, S4417
2019-2020: A1584
2021-2022: A4052

2017-A7719 - Summary

Authorizes the Westchester health care corporation to enter into contracts and arrangements providing for the creation and operation of a delivery system network.

2017-A7719 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7719
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public authorities law, in relation to authorizing
   the Westchester health care corporation to enter into  agreements  for
   the creation and operation of a health care delivery system network

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3306 of the public authorities law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8. AS SET FORTH IN SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED ONE OF THIS TITLE, THE
 CREATION AND OPERATION OF THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY HEALTH CARE CORPORATION
 IS  FOR  THE  BENEFIT  OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE
 COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, INCLUDING PERSONS IN NEED OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES
 WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO PAY, AND IS A STATE, COUNTY, AND PUBLIC  PURPOSE.
 THE  CORPORATION HAS ADVISED THAT IT INTENDS TO ENGAGE IN CERTAIN COLLA-
 BORATIVE ACTIVITIES WITH AND LIMITED TO, HEALTH CARE  PROVIDERS  IN  THE
 SEVEN  LOWER  HUDSON VALLEY COUNTIES OF WESTCHESTER, ROCKLAND, DUTCHESS,
 ORANGE, ULSTER, PUTNAM, AND SULLIVAN, AND  DELAWARE,  AS  SET  FORTH  IN
 SECTION  THIRTY-THREE  HUNDRED  ONE  OF  THIS  TITLE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
 PROMOTING, AND ONLY TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO PROMOTE, IMPROVED QUALITY
 OF AND ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND  IMPROVED  CLINICAL  OUTCOMES,
 CONSISTING OF:  (A) DEVELOPMENT OF A NON-EXCLUSIVE JOINT HEALTH INFORMA-
 TION  TECHNOLOGY  PLATFORM;  (B)  DEVELOPMENT OF A JOINT SET OF CLINICAL
 QUALITY STANDARDS; (C) COORDINATION AND INTEGRATION OF CLINICAL  SERVICE
 TO REDUCE REDUNDANCY AND INCREASE EFFICIENCY; (D) JOINT DISCUSSIONS WITH
 RURAL  HOSPITALS REGARDING THE POSSIBILITY OF COORDINATING AND INTEGRAT-
 ING CLINICAL SERVICES; AND (E) JOINT PURCHASING  OF  SERVICES,  SUPPLIES
 AND  EQUIPMENT  RELATED  TO  THE  PROVISIONS OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES. TO
 PROMOTE IMPROVED QUALITY OF AND  ACCESS  TO  HEALTH  CARE  SERVICES  AND
 IMPROVED CLINICAL OUTCOMES, AND CONSISTENT WITH THE CORPORATION'S FURTH-
 ERANCE  OF  ITS HEALTH CARE PURPOSES THROUGH THE EXERCISE OF THE SPECIAL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

co-Sponsors

2017-A7719A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5880
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3306, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8034, S5815
2015-2016: A2888, S4417
2019-2020: A1584
2021-2022: A4052

2017-A7719A - Summary

Authorizes the Westchester health care corporation to enter into contracts and arrangements providing for the creation and operation of a delivery system network.

2017-A7719A - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7719--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee   on   Corporations,  Authorities  and  Commissions  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation  to  authorizing
   the  Westchester  health care corporation to enter into agreements for
   the creation and operation of a health care delivery system network
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  3306 of the public authorities law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8. AS SET FORTH IN SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED ONE OF THIS TITLE, THE
 CREATION AND OPERATION OF THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY HEALTH CARE CORPORATION
 IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE STATE OF  NEW  YORK  AND  THE
 COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, INCLUDING PERSONS IN NEED OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES
 WITHOUT  THE ABILITY TO PAY, AND IS A STATE, COUNTY, AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
 THE CORPORATION HAS ADVISED THAT IT INTENDS TO ENGAGE IN CERTAIN  COLLA-
 BORATIVE  ACTIVITIES  WITH  AND LIMITED TO, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN THE
 EIGHT LOWER HUDSON VALLEY COUNTIES OF WESTCHESTER,  ROCKLAND,  DUTCHESS,
 ORANGE,  ULSTER, PUTNAM, SULLIVAN, AND DELAWARE, AS SET FORTH IN SECTION
 THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED ONE OF THIS TITLE, FOR THE  PURPOSE  OF  PROMOTING,
 AND  ONLY  TO  THE  EXTENT NECESSARY TO PROMOTE, IMPROVED QUALITY OF AND
 ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND IMPROVED CLINICAL OUTCOMES,  CONSIST-
 ING  OF:    (A)  DEVELOPMENT OF A NON-EXCLUSIVE JOINT HEALTH INFORMATION
 TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM; (B) DEVELOPMENT OF A JOINT SET OF CLINICAL  QUALITY
 STANDARDS;  (C)  COORDINATION  AND  INTEGRATION  OF  CLINICAL SERVICE TO
 REDUCE REDUNDANCY AND INCREASE EFFICIENCY; (D)  JOINT  DISCUSSIONS  WITH
 RURAL  HOSPITALS REGARDING THE POSSIBILITY OF COORDINATING AND INTEGRAT-
 ING CLINICAL SERVICES; AND (E) JOINT PURCHASING  OF  SERVICES,  SUPPLIES
 AND  EQUIPMENT  RELATED  TO  THE  PROVISIONS OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES. TO
 PROMOTE IMPROVED QUALITY OF AND  ACCESS  TO  HEALTH  CARE  SERVICES  AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2017-A7719B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5880
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3306, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8034, S5815
2015-2016: A2888, S4417
2019-2020: A1584
2021-2022: A4052

2017-A7719B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the Westchester health care corporation to enter into contracts and arrangements providing for the creation and operation of a delivery system network.

2017-A7719B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7719--B
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ABINANTI, GALEF -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Corporations, Authorities and  Commissions  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to  said  committee -- reported and referred to the Committee on Codes
   -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- commit-
   tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and  recom-
   mitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public authorities law, in relation to authorizing
   the Westchester health care corporation to enter into  agreements  for
   the creation and operation of a health care delivery system network
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3306 of the public authorities law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8. AS SET FORTH IN SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED ONE OF THIS TITLE, THE
 CREATION AND OPERATION OF THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY HEALTH CARE CORPORATION
 IS  FOR  THE  BENEFIT  OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE
 COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, INCLUDING PERSONS IN NEED OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES
 WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO PAY, AND IS A STATE, COUNTY, AND PUBLIC  PURPOSE.
 THE  CORPORATION HAS ADVISED THAT IT INTENDS TO ENGAGE IN CERTAIN COLLA-
 BORATIVE ACTIVITIES WITH AND LIMITED TO, HEALTH CARE  PROVIDERS  IN  THE
 EIGHT  LOWER  HUDSON VALLEY COUNTIES OF WESTCHESTER, ROCKLAND, DUTCHESS,
 ORANGE, ULSTER, PUTNAM, SULLIVAN, AND DELAWARE, AS SET FORTH IN  SECTION
 THIRTY-THREE  HUNDRED  ONE  OF THIS TITLE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING,
 AND ONLY TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO PROMOTE,  IMPROVED  QUALITY  OF  AND
 ACCESS  TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND IMPROVED CLINICAL OUTCOMES, CONSIST-
 ING OF:  (A) DEVELOPMENT OF A  NON-EXCLUSIVE  JOINT  HEALTH  INFORMATION
 TECHNOLOGY  PLATFORM; (B) DEVELOPMENT OF A JOINT SET OF CLINICAL QUALITY
 STANDARDS; (C) COORDINATION  AND  INTEGRATION  OF  CLINICAL  SERVICE  TO
 REDUCE  REDUNDANCY  AND  INCREASE EFFICIENCY; (D) JOINT DISCUSSIONS WITH
 RURAL HOSPITALS REGARDING THE POSSIBILITY OF COORDINATING AND  INTEGRAT-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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