Assembly Bill A1942

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the governance of the Westchester county health care corporation

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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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2019-A1942 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3303, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9602
2015-2016: A2570
2017-2018: A759
2021-2022: A1755
2023-2024: A4631

2019-A1942 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the governance of the Westchester county health care corporation.

2019-A1942 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1942
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 18, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the Westches-
   ter county health care corporation
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  1 of section 3303 of the
 public authorities law, as added by chapter 11 of the laws of  1997,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (b)  The  corporation shall be governed by [fifteen] TWENTY-ONE voting
 directors of which [eight] FOURTEEN directors shall be appointed by  the
 governor  and  seven  directors shall be appointed by the legislature of
 the county of Westchester subject to approval by the  county  executive.
 The  governor  shall  make  appointments  to the corporation as follows:
 three directors from a recommendation submitted by the county executive;
 three directors from a recommendation submitted by  the  legislature  of
 the  county  of  Westchester;  one  director, who shall be a resident of
 Westchester county, from a recommendation submitted by  the  speaker  of
 the assembly; one director, who shall be a resident of Westchester coun-
 ty,  from  a  recommendation submitted by the temporary president of the
 senate, AND SIX DIRECTORS FROM A RECOMMENDATION SUBMITTED BY  THE  BOARD
 OF DIRECTORS OF THE CORPORATION BASED ON THE NEED OF THE CORPORATION FOR
 DIRECTORS  WITH  (I)  SPECIFIC  EXPERTISE  RELATED  TO  THE PROVISION OF
 HEALTHCARE AND RELATED SERVICES, (II) REGIONAL DIVERSITY, AND (III)  THE
 ABILITY TO MEET REQUIREMENTS FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER BOARDS OF DIRECTORS
 IMPOSED BY REGULATORY BODIES.
   The  terms  of  the initial voting directors appointed by the governor
 shall be five years for such directors appointed upon recommendation  of
 the  temporary  president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly.
 The terms of the initial voting directors appointed by the governor upon
 the recommendation of the county executive shall be five years for  one,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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