NY State Assembly Bill 2023-A1633A

Assembly Bill A1633A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires public notice and public engagement when a general hospital seeks to close entirely or a unit that provides maternity, mental health or substance use care

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Apr 02, 2024	referred to health delivered to senate passed assembly
Mar 25, 2024	amended on third reading (t) 1633a
Jan 03, 2024	ordered to third reading cal.47 returned to assembly died in senate
Jun 01, 2023	referred to finance delivered to senate passed assembly
May 22, 2023	ordered to third reading rules cal.184 rules report cal.184 reported
May 17, 2023	reported referred to rules
Jan 31, 2023	reported referred to ways and means
Jan 17, 2023	referred to health

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2023-A1633 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S8843
Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2801-g, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: A6417
2017-2018: A1015
2019-2020: A2986
2021-2022: A2251

2023-A1633 - Summary

Requires public notice and public engagement when a general hospital seeks to close entirely or a unit that provides maternity, mental health or substance use care.

2023-A1633 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1633
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SIMON,  CRUZ, REYES, GLICK, WEPRIN, BURDICK,
   JACOBSON, OTIS, CUNNINGHAM, SEAWRIGHT, SANTABARBARA, MITAYNES,  GONZA-
   LEZ-ROJAS  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A. CARROLL, COOK, DAVILA,
   EPSTEIN, HEVESI, PAULIN, STECK, WALKER -- read once  and  referred  to
   the Committee on Health

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public health law, in relation to the closure of
   hospitals or emergency or maternity departments
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This  act  shall  be known and may be cited as the "local
 input in community healthcare act".
   § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new  section  2801-i
 to read as follows:
   §  2801-I.  CLOSURE OF HOSPITALS AND CERTAIN HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS.  1.
 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE CLOSURE  OF  A
 GENERAL  HOSPITAL  OR AN EMERGENCY OR MATERNITY DEPARTMENT, OR SURRENDER
 OF AN OPERATING CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO
 REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   2. (A) WHEN A FACILITY APPLIES TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR THE CLOSURE  OF
 A GENERAL HOSPITAL OR AN EMERGENCY OR MATERNITY DEPARTMENT, THE FACILITY
 MUST INCLUDE A CLOSURE PLAN, INCLUDING:
   (1)  THE  ANTICIPATED IMPACT OF THE GENERAL HOSPITAL'S OR DEPARTMENT'S
 CLOSURE ON ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES BY MEMBERS OF THE  SURROUNDING
 COMMUNITIES,  INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO RECIPIENTS OF MEDICAL ASSIST-
 ANCE FOR NEEDY  PERSONS,  THE  UNINSURED,  AND  UNDERSERVED  POPULATIONS
 INCLUDING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES;
   (2)  SPECIFIC  MEASURES  THE  FACILITY AND OTHER PARTIES HAVE TAKEN OR
 WOULD TAKE TO AMELIORATE SUCH ANTICIPATED IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITIES;
   (3) ANY  FURTHER  RECOMMENDATIONS  REGARDING  ACCESS  TO  HEALTH  CARE
 SERVICES IN COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY THE CLOSURE; AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02692-01-3
 A. 1633                             2

 
   (4)  EFFORTS  TO  IDENTIFY AN ALTERNATE OPERATOR OR EFFORTS TO REQUEST
 THAT THE STATE ASSESS ITS ABILITY TO ASSUME FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
   (B)  NO  LATER  THAN  THIRTY  DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF AN APPLICATION FOR
 CLOSURE OF A GENERAL HOSPITAL THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  SUBMIT  A  WRITTEN
 NOTIFICATION  TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OR PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH WITHIN
 WHICH THE FACILITY IS LOCATED, THE CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR  THE
 DISTRICT IN WHICH THE FACILITY IS LOCATED, AND THE STATE SENATOR AND THE
 ASSEMBLY  MEMBER  REPRESENTING  THE  AREA  WITHIN  WHICH THE FACILITY IS
 LOCATED, THE CITY OR COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND WHERE  APPLICABLE,
 THE  COMMUNITY  BOARD  OR  THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER REPRESENTING THE AREA
 WITHIN WHICH THE FACILITY IS LOCATED. SUCH  WRITTEN  NOTIFICATION  SHALL
 INCLUDE:
   (1) A COMPLETE COPY OF THE HOSPITAL OR DEPARTMENT CLOSURE PLAN; AND
   (2) COMPLETE COPIES OF THE APPLICATION OR REQUEST FOR CLOSURE.
   (C)  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ALSO MAKE A FULL COPY OF SUCH NOTIFICATION
 AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE.
   (D) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ALSO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC OF SUCH  APPLICATION
 FOR  CLOSURE  THROUGH A PRESS RELEASE AND THE POSTING OF A NOTICE AT THE
 AFFECTED HOSPITAL.
   3.  UPON ANY DECISION BY THE COMMISSIONER  TO  APPROVE  OR  REJECT  AN
 APPLICATION  FOR CLOSURE OF A GENERAL HOSPITAL OR AN EMERGENCY OR MATER-
 NITY DEPARTMENT, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC  ON
 THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE A WRITTEN REPORT INCLUDING:
   (A)  A SUMMARY OF THE ISSUES AND PROPOSALS RAISED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI-
 SION ONE OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED ONE-G OF THIS ARTICLE;
   (B) A  STATEMENT  OF  THE  REASONS  WHY  ANY  SIGNIFICANT  ALTERNATIVE
 PROPOSALS  MADE  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT
 HUNDRED ONE-G OF THIS ARTICLE WERE OR WERE  NOT  INCORPORATED  INTO  THE
 FINAL CLOSURE PLAN;
   (C)  A DESCRIPTION OF ANY CHANGES MADE TO THE PROPOSED CLOSURE PLAN AS
 A RESULT OF THE ISSUES OR PROPOSALS RAISED PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVISION  ONE
 OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED ONE-G OF THIS ARTICLE;
   (D)  THE  ANTICIPATED IMPACT OF THE GENERAL HOSPITAL'S OR DEPARTMENT'S
 CLOSURE ON ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES BY MEMBERS OF THE  SURROUNDING
 COMMUNITY,  INCLUDING  BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RECIPIENTS OF MEDICAL ASSIST-
 ANCE FOR NEEDY  PERSONS,  THE  UNINSURED,  AND  UNDERSERVED  POPULATIONS
 INCLUDING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES;
   (E)  THE  SPECIFIC  MEASURES  THE  FACILITY,  THE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER
 PARTIES HAVE TAKEN OR WILL TAKE TO AMELIORATE THE ANTICIPATED IMPACT;
   (F) AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ABILITY OF  THE  STATE  TO  ASSUME  FINANCIAL
 RESPONSIBILITY OR IDENTIFY AN ALTERNATE OPERATOR;
   (G)  ANY  FURTHER  RECOMMENDATIONS  REGARDING  ACCESS  TO  HEALTH CARE
 SERVICES IN COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY THE GENERAL HOSPITAL'S OR  EMERGENCY
 OR MATERNITY DEPARTMENT'S CLOSURE;
   (H)  INFORMATION  ABOUT  TRANSITIONAL MEDICAL SERVICES TO THE IMPACTED
 COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ARRANGEMENTS FOR CONTINUITY OF
 CARE; AND
   (I) A COMPLETE COPY OF  THE  PROPOSED  DECISION  OF  THE  COMMISSIONER
 REGARDING  THE CLOSURE OF THE HOSPITAL OR EMERGENCY OR MATERNITY DEPART-
 MENT, INCLUDING ALL PROPOSED TERMS, CONDITIONS AND PLANS  FOR  PROVIDING
 HEALTH SERVICES TO THE AFFECTED COMMUNITIES AND POPULATIONS.
   4.  THE  COMMISSIONER  MAY  ONLY  APPROVE THE APPLICATION IF HE OR SHE
 REASONABLY DETERMINES THAT THE  NEEDS  OF  THE  COMMUNITY  AND  IMPACTED
 STAKEHOLDERS,  INCLUDING  BUT NOT LIMITED TO ACCESS TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL
 CARE, CAN BE ADEQUATELY MET.
 A. 1633                             3
 
   5. NO CLOSURE SHALL BE APPROVED UNDER THIS SECTION UNLESS THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER  COMPLIES  WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION AND THE PROVISIONS
 OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED ONE-G OF THIS ARTICLE.
   6. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE ANY RULES NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE
 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   §  3. Section 2801-g of the public health law, as added by chapter 541
 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   § 2801-g. Community forum on hospital  closure.    1.  No  later  than
 [thirty]  FORTY-FIVE  days  after  [the] AN APPLICATION FOR closure of a
 general hospital, OR AN EMERGENCY OR MATERNITY DEPARTMENT, AND AT  LEAST
 SIXTY  DAYS  PRIOR  TO THE PROPOSED CLOSURE DATE, the commissioner shall
 hold a public community forum for the purpose of obtaining public  input
 concerning the anticipated impact of the general hospital's OR EMERGENCY
 OR  MATERNITY  DEPARTMENT'S closure on access to health care services by
 members of the surrounding  community,  including  but  not  limited  to
 recipients  of  medical assistance for needy persons, the uninsured, and
 underserved populations INCLUDING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, and  options
 and  proposals  to  ameliorate such anticipated impact. The commissioner
 shall afford community members, health  care  providers,  labor  unions,
 payers,  businesses  [and],  consumers, THE CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE
 FOR THE DISTRICT IN WHICH THE FACILITY IS LOCATED, THE COUNTY  EXECUTIVE
 OR  PRESIDENT  OF  THE BOROUGH WITHIN WHICH THE FACILITY IS LOCATED, THE
 STATE SENATOR AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER REPRESENTING THE AREA WITHIN WHICH THE
 FACILITY IS LOCATED, AND THE COMMUNITY BOARD AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER
 REPRESENTING THE AREA WITHIN WHICH THE FACILITY IS LOCATED WHERE  APPLI-
 CABLE,  a reasonable opportunity to speak about relevant matters at such
 community forum. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ALSO ACCEPT  COMMENTS  SUBMITTED
 IN  WRITING  AT  SUCH PUBLIC FORUM AND BY MAIL WITHIN AT LEAST TWO WEEKS
 FOLLOWING THE COMMUNITY FORUM.  AT LEAST TEN DAYS PRIOR TO SUCH COMMUNI-
 TY FORUM, THE COMMISSIONER  SHALL  RELEASE  PUBLICLY  AND  POST  ON  ITS
 WEBSITE  A  COMPLETE  COPY OF THE COMMISSIONER'S NOTIFICATION RELATED TO
 THE CLOSURE  REQUIRED  BY  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF  SECTION  TWENTY-EIGHT
 HUNDRED ONE-I OF THIS ARTICLE.
   2.  [No later than sixty days after holding a community forum pursuant
 to subdivision one of this section, the commissioner shall  make  avail-
 able to the public on the department's website information regarding:
   (a) the anticipated impact of the general hospital's closure on access
 to health care services by members of the surrounding community, includ-
 ing  but  not  limited  to  recipients  of  medical assistance for needy
 persons, the uninsured, and underserved populations;
   (b) specific measures the department and other parties have  taken  or
 will take to ameliorate such anticipated impact; and
   (c)  any  further  recommendations  regarding  access  to  health care
 services in communities impacted by the general hospital's closure.
   3.] A community forum conducted pursuant to this section shall be held
 at a location within a reasonable  proximity  to  the  general  hospital
 subject  to  closure, and shall be announced no less than ten days prior
 to the date of such community forum.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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2023-A1633A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S8843
Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2801-g, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: A6417
2017-2018: A1015
2019-2020: A2986
2021-2022: A2251

2023-A1633A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires public notice and public engagement when a general hospital seeks to close entirely or a unit that provides maternity, mental health or substance use care.

2023-A1633A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1633--A
                                                          Cal. No. 47
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SIMON,  CRUZ, REYES, GLICK, WEPRIN, BURDICK,
   JACOBSON, OTIS, CUNNINGHAM, SEAWRIGHT, SANTABARBARA, MITAYNES,  GONZA-
   LEZ-ROJAS,  COLTON,  FORREST, PHEFFER AMATO, BARRETT, SHRESTHA, LEVEN-
   BERG, ARDILA, MAMDANI, DINOWITZ, TAPIA, LEE -- Multi-Sponsored  by  --
   M. of A. CARROLL, COOK, DAVILA, EPSTEIN, HEVESI, PAULIN, STECK, WALKER
   --  read  once and referred to the Committee on Health -- ordered to a
   third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its  place  on
   the order of third reading
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to providing public
   notice and public engagement when a general hospital  seeks  to  close
   entirely or a unit that provides maternity, mental health or substance
   use care
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Short title. This act shall be known and may be  cited  as
 the "local input in community healthcare act".
   § 2.  Section 2801-g of the public health law, as added by chapter 541
 of  the  laws  of 2010, subdivision 4 as added by section 3 of part E of
 chapter 57 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   § 2801-g. Community [forum] NOTICE AND ENGAGEMENT on hospital closure.
 1. WRITTEN NOTIFICATION OF A PROPOSED CLOSURE OF A GENERAL  HOSPITAL  OR
 UNIT  OF  A  GENERAL HOSPITAL MUST BE PROVIDED TO THE DEPARTMENT AND ALL
 PARTIES LISTED IN SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF THIS SECTION NO  LATER  THAN  TWO
 HUNDRED  SEVENTY  DAYS  PRIOR  TO THE PROPOSED CLOSURE DATE.  AS USED IN
 THIS SECTION, "UNIT" MEANS A PORTION OF A GENERAL HOSPITAL  THAT  OFFERS
 EMERGENCY,  MATERNITY,  AND  MENTAL  HEALTH  OR  SUBSTANCE USE SERVICES.
 "UNIT" SHALL ALSO MEAN ANY  OTHER  HOSPITAL  SERVICE  OR  HEALTH-RELATED
 SERVICE  OF  A  HOSPITAL,  INCLUDING  SPECIALTY  CARE  SERVICES,  IF THE
 PROPOSED CLOSURE WILL RESULT IN THE REDUCTION OR UNAVAILABILITY OF  SUCH
 SERVICES IN THE HOSPITAL'S SERVICE AREA OR COUNTY WHERE IT IS LOCATED.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02692-06-4

 A. 1633--A                          2
 
   2.  A  GENERAL  HOSPITAL  THAT SEEKS TO CLOSE ENTIRELY OR CLOSE ONE OR
 MORE UNITS SHALL SUBMIT AN APPLICATION THAT REQUIRES REVIEW AND APPROVAL
 BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH PLANNING COUNCIL, OR ANY SUCCESSOR ENTI-
 TY. THE APPLICATION FOR THE CLOSURE SHALL INCLUDE A HEALTH EQUITY IMPACT
 ASSESSMENT,  AS  DEFINED  BY  SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED TWO-B OF THIS
 ARTICLE, AND A PROPOSED CLOSURE PLAN. THE APPLICATION SHALL BE SUBMITTED
 AT LEAST TWO HUNDRED TEN DAYS BEFORE THE PROPOSED CLOSURE. NO CESSATION,
 PAUSE, TRANSFER, OR LIMITATION OF SERVICE MAY  BE  CARRIED  OUT  WITHOUT
 PRIOR  WRITTEN  APPROVAL  BY  THE COMMISSIONER. AS USED IN THIS SECTION,
 "TRANSFER OF SERVICES" SHALL INCLUDE CONVERSION OF SERVICES  FROM  INPA-
 TIENT  TO  OUTPATIENT  SERVICES, THE MOVING OF SERVICES TO OTHER FACILI-
 TIES, OR THE TRANSFER OF PERSONNEL THAT WOULD CONSTITUTE A REDUCTION  OR
 UNAVAILABILITY OF SERVICES.
   3.  No later than [thirty] ONE HUNDRED FIFTY days [after] PRIOR TO the
 PROPOSED closure of a general hospital OR A UNIT OF A GENERAL  HOSPITAL,
 the  commissioner shall hold a public community forum for the purpose of
 obtaining public input concerning the anticipated impact of the  general
 hospital's  OR  GENERAL HOSPITAL UNIT'S closure on access to health care
 services by members of the  surrounding  community,  including  but  not
 limited to recipients of medical assistance for needy persons, the unin-
 sured, and MEDICALLY underserved populations AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (D)
 OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION  TWENTY-EIGHT  HUNDRED  TWO-B  OF THIS
 ARTICLE, and  options  and  proposals  to  ameliorate  such  anticipated
 impact.  The  commissioner  shall  afford community members, health care
 providers, labor unions, payers, businesses and consumers  a  reasonable
 opportunity to speak about relevant matters at such community forum.
   [2.]  4.  No  later  than [sixty] THIRTY days [after] BEFORE holding a
 community forum pursuant to subdivision [one] THREE of this section, the
 commissioner shall make available to  the  public  on  the  department's
 website information regarding:
   (a) THE PROPOSED CLOSURE PLAN SUBMITTED BY THE HEALTH FACILITY;
   (B) the anticipated impact of the general hospital's closure OR UNIT'S
 CLOSURE  on access to health care services by members of the surrounding
 community, including but not limited to recipients of medical assistance
 for needy persons, the uninsured, and underserved populations;
   [(b)] (C) specific measures the  department  and  other  parties  have
 taken  or  will take to ameliorate such anticipated impact INCLUDING BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO ENSURING THAT THE SERVICES  TO  BE  ELIMINATED  WOULD  BE
 AVAILABLE  TO  MEDICAID,  OR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE INSURED BY A PUBLICLY-
 SUBSIDIZED PLAN AND UNINSURED PATIENTS AT THE SURROUNDING  AREA  FACILI-
 TIES THAT ARE TAKING NEW PATIENTS; and
   [(c)]  (D) any further recommendations regarding access to health care
 services in communities impacted by the general  hospital's  closure  OR
 UNIT'S CLOSURE.
   [3.]  5. A community forum conducted pursuant to this section shall be
 held at a location within a reasonable proximity to the general hospital
 OR UNIT subject to THE PROPOSED closure, and shall be announced no  less
 than [ten] FOURTEEN days prior to the date of such community forum. SUCH
 FORUM  SHALL  BE HELD AT A PROPER TIME AND BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE IMPACTED
 COMMUNITY VIRTUALLY AND PHYSICALLY.
   [4.] 6. At least thirty days prior to a general hospital  applying  to
 the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services to convert from a
 general  hospital with inpatients to a rural emergency hospital under 42
 USC 1395x(kkk), or successor provisions,  such  GENERAL  hospital  shall
 hold  a public community forum for the purpose of obtaining public input
 concerning the anticipated impact of the GENERAL hospital's  closure  of
 A. 1633--A                          3
 
 inpatient  units, including but not limited to, the impact on recipients
 of medical assistance for needy  persons,  the  uninsured,  people  with
 disabilities,  and  medically  underserved  populations, and options and
 proposals to ameliorate such anticipated impact.
   [The]  7.  NO  LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS PRIOR TO A COMMUNITY FORUM UNDER
 THIS SECTION, THE GENERAL hospital shall notify health  care  providers,
 labor  unions, the [congressional] LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE
 representative, THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL,  THE  COUNTY  EXECU-
 TIVE,  MAYOR,  TOWN SUPERVISOR, AND IN THE CASE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
 THE BOROUGH PRESIDENT, AND COMMUNITY BOARD for [the] EVERY  district  in
 which  the  [facility] GENERAL HOSPITAL AND UNIT is OR ARE located, [the
 county executive of the county in which the facility is located, and the
 state senator and assembly member representing the area within which the
 facility is located] of the date, time, and location  of  the  community
 forum.  The  GENERAL  hospital  shall  afford  all public participants a
 reasonable opportunity to speak about relevant matters at such community
 forum. Prior to any community forum and  as  soon  as  practicable,  the
 GENERAL hospital shall be required to:
   (a)  notify  the  office  of  mental  health and the local director of
 community services in the event such general  hospital  has  psychiatric
 inpatient  beds  licensed under article thirty-one of the mental hygiene
 law or designated pursuant to section 9.39 of the  mental  hygiene  law,
 and
   (b)  notify the office of addiction services and supports in the event
 such general hospital has inpatient  substance  use  disorder  treatment
 programs  or  inpatient  chemical dependence treatment programs licensed
 under article thirty-two of the mental  hygiene  law.  The  commissioner
 shall also accept comments submitted in writing at such public forum and
 by  mail  OR  ELECTRONIC  MAIL  within  at least two weeks following the
 community forum.
   8. NO LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE COMMUNITY  FORUM,  THE  GENERAL
 HOSPITAL  SHALL SUBMIT A REVISED CLOSURE PLAN TO THE DEPARTMENT ADDRESS-
 ING CONCERNS RAISED  BY  COMMUNITY  STAKEHOLDERS  DURING  THE  COMMUNITY
 FORUM.  THE  GENERAL  HOSPITAL AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAKE THE REVISED
 CLOSURE PLAN PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON THEIR WEBSITES NO LATER  THAN  FORTY-
 FIVE DAYS AFTER THE COMMUNITY FORUM.
   9.  NO LATER THAN JANUARY FIRST TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE AND  ANNUALLY
 THEREAFTER, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE A REPORT TO THE  LEGISLATURE,
 INCLUDING  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO, IDENTIFYING THE GENERAL HOSPITAL OR UNIT
 OF A GENERAL HOSPITAL THAT HAS PROVIDED WRITTEN NOTICE OF A CLOSURE, THE
 PROPOSED CLOSURE DATE AND THE SERVICES IMPACTED BY THE PROPOSED CLOSURE.
 SUCH REPORT SHALL BE PROVIDED IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT AND SHALL BE DISTRIB-
 UTED TO THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT AND MINORITY LEADER OF THE  SENATE,  THE
 SPEAKER  AND  MINORITY  LEADER  OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE
 STANDING COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, AND  THE  CHAIR  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY  HEALTH
 COMMITTEE.
   §  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law, and shall not apply to any matter subject to  section
 2801-g  of  the  public  health law that is pending on the date it shall
 take effect.

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SIMON

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee

Bill Amendments

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Catalina Cruz

Karines Reyes

Deborah Glick

David Weprin

multi-Sponsors

Robert C. Carroll

Vivian Cook

Maritza Davila

Harvey Epstein

2023-A1633 - Details

2023-A1633 - Summary

2023-A1633 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

Catalina Cruz

Karines Reyes

Deborah Glick

David Weprin

multi-Sponsors

Robert C. Carroll

Vivian Cook

Maritza Davila

Harvey Epstein

2023-A1633A (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-A1633A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-A1633A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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