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Senate Bill S5670

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires certain information be made available to elected officials prior to funding reductions for hospitals and nursing homes

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2021-S5670 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6886
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §24, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: S2009, A3101
2025-2026: S4751

2021-S5670 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires any information or data produced internally or by an outside consultant used by the governor, the division of the budget, the department of health or any other relevant state agency to justify such reduction be made available to elected officials prior to funding reductions for hospitals and nursing homes.

2021-S5670 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S5670 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5670
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 15, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to requiring  certain
   information  be  made  available to elected officials prior to funding
   reductions for hospitals and nursing homes

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 24 of the state finance law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. PRIOR TO ANY APPROPRIATION REDUCTIONS IN FUNDING TO A  HOSPITAL  OR
 NURSING  HOME,  ANY  INFORMATION  OR  DATA  PRODUCED INTERNALLY OR BY AN
 OUTSIDE CONSULTANT USED BY THE GOVERNOR, THE DIVISION OF THE BUDGET, THE
 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OR ANY OTHER RELEVANT STATE AGENCY TO JUSTIFY  SUCH
 REDUCTION  SHALL  BE  MADE  AVAILABLE TO THE STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO
 REPRESENT SUCH HOSPITALS OR NURSING HOMES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10363-01-1

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