NY State Senate Bill 2017-S7329

Senate Bill S7329

Signed By Governor

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the appointment of members of the rural health council by the governor and requiring the health council to make certain recommendations to the department of health

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- 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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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Apr 18, 2018	signed chap.43
Apr 06, 2018	delivered to governor
Mar 05, 2018	returned to senate passed assembly
Feb 13, 2018	ordered to third reading cal.662 substituted for a8988
Jan 17, 2018	referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate
Jan 08, 2018	ordered to third reading cal.57
Jan 05, 2018	referred to rules

Votes

- Jan 17, 2018 - Floor Vote
  S7329
  
  60
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jan 17, 2018
      
      aye (60)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Alcantara
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Croci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Persaud
      
      Phillips
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      excused (1)
      
      Larkin
  Jan 8, 2018 - Rules Committee Vote
  S7329
  
  25
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jan 8, 2018
      
      aye (25)
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Griffo
      
      Hannon
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Montgomery
      
      Parker
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Savino
      
      Seward
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky

2017-S7329 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8988
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §236-b, Pub Health L (as proposed in S. 4741 and A. 7203)

2017-S7329 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the appointment of members of the rural health council by the governor and requires the health council to make certain recommendations to the department of health.

2017-S7329 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7329

SPONSOR: HANNON
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public health law, in relation to
requiring the governor to appoint the members of the rural health coun-
cil and requiring the rural health council to make certain recommenda-
tions to the department of health

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this chapter amendment is to provide the Legislature with
the authority to recommend members for the Rural Health Council for
appointment by the Governor.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 provides the authority for recommendations for Rural Health
Council members by the Assembly and the Senate and for the members to be
appointed by the Governor. Further, it directs the Council to recommend
cost effective ways to obtain timely data on the status of the health-
care workforce supply in rural areas and provides a longer window for

reporting healthcare workforce by the Council to the Regional Economic
Development Councils.

 
EXISTING LAW:

Although the rural health council was established within the Department
of Health in 1988, it was not in statute and the law did not provide for
legislative input on appointments, connect work of the Council to the
Regional Economic Development Councils or provide for webcasting of
meetings by the Department.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The longer timeframe for reporting to the regional economic development
councils and recommendations by the legislature provide flexibility for
the Rural Health Council and expressly provides that the Executive is
responsible for filling member vacancies.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

Chapter amendment to Chapter 419 of the Laws of 2017. ( S.4741 and
A.7203)

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as a
chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the public health law, relating to
establishing a rural health council, as proposed in legislative bills
numbers S.4741 and A.7203, takes effect.

2017-S7329 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7329
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  requiring  the
   governor  to  appoint  the  members  of  the  rural health council and
   requiring the rural health council to make certain recommendations  to
   the department of health

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 236-b of the public health law, as added by a chap-
 ter of the laws of 2017, amending the public  health  law,  relating  to
 establishing  a  rural  health council, as proposed in legislative bills
 numbers S.4741 and A.7203, is amended to read as follows:
   § 236-b. Rural health council. 1. There shall  be  established  within
 the  office  a rural health council to be composed of twenty-one members
 who shall be appointed BY  THE  GOVERNOR,  WITH  TEN  OF  THESE  MEMBERS
 APPOINTED as follows:
   a.  [five]  FOUR members [by] UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF the temporary
 president of the senate;
   b. [two members by] ONE MEMBER UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF the minority
 leader of the senate;
   c. [five] FOUR members [by] UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF the speaker  of
 the assembly; AND
   d. [two members by] ONE MEMBER UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF the minority
 leader of the assembly[; and
   e. seven members by the governor].
   Vacancies  in  the  membership  of such council shall be filled by the
 appropriate appointing authority. The [rural  health  council]  GOVERNOR
 shall  select a chairperson from among [its] THE members OF THE COUNCIL.
 The members of the council shall be  reflective  of  the  state's  rural
 areas,  as  defined in subdivision seven of section four hundred eighty-
 one of the executive law, and shall include  representatives  of  health
 care  providers  that  comprise  the  health care delivery system in the
 state's rural areas, individuals with expertise in clinical and adminis-
 trative aspects of health  care  delivery,  health  care  financing  and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10087-05-8

 S. 7329                             2
 
 reimbursement,  health  care regulation, public health, health planning,
 health workforce education, and behavioral health.
   2.  The  rural  health  council  shall be responsible for advising the
 commissioner with respect to all aspects of rural health care and  rural
 health  care  delivery  including,  but  not  limited  to, the impact of
 proposed programs, statutes, regulations and health  care  reimbursement
 policies. The rural health council shall also assist the office with its
 responsibilities as delineated in section two hundred thirty-six of this
 title;  contribute  to  the biennial report required pursuant to section
 two hundred thirty-seven of this title, and act as liaison and  advocate
 on rural health matters.
   3.    THE RURAL HEALTH COUNCIL SHALL RECOMMEND TO THE DEPARTMENT COST-
 EFFECTIVE WAYS TO OBTAIN TIMELY DATA ON THE STATUS OF  THE  HEALTH  CARE
 WORKFORCE  SUPPLY  IN  RURAL AREAS. At least [annually] ONCE EVERY THREE
 YEARS the rural health council shall, in conjunction  with  the  office,
 submit  a  report  to  the regional economic development councils on the
 status of the health care workforce supply in their  respective  regions
 TO THE EXTENT DATA ON THE HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE SUPPLY IS AVAILABLE.
   4. Staff support for the rural health council shall be provided for by
 the  office  as  provided  for in section two hundred thirty-six of this
 title.
   5. The rural health council shall meet as frequently as  its  business
 may  require, but not less than two times a year. Meetings may be called
 by the [chairman or] CHAIRPERSON at the request of the commissioner.
   6. The entirety of each meeting of the rural health council  shall  be
 live  webcast to the public on the department's website, and archived on
 the department's website, for a period of no less than two years, within
 twenty-four hours of the adjournment of the last meeting. The department
 shall provide notice to the public, via the department's website, of the
 availability of the live webcast of each such meeting.
   7. The members of the rural health council shall  receive  no  compen-
 sation  for their services, but shall be allowed their actual and neces-
 sary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the public health law,
 relating to establishing a rural health council, as proposed in legisla-
 tive bills numbers S.4741 and A.7203, takes effect.

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