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Assembly Bill A7124

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the members of the public health and health planning council

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2023-A7124 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §220, Pub Health L

2023-A7124 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the number of members on the public health and health planning council from twenty-five to twenty-six and requires one member represent hospice care providers.

2023-A7124 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7124
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BLUMENCRANZ -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in  relation  to  increasing  the
   number of members on the public health and health planning council
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 220 of the public health law, as amended by chapter
 179 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   § 220. Public health  and  health  planning  council;  appointment  of
 members.  There  shall  continue to be in the department a public health
 and health planning council to consist of the commissioner and  [twenty-
 five] TWENTY-SIX members to be appointed by the governor with the advice
 and consent of the senate. Membership on the council shall be reflective
 of  the  diversity  of the state's population including, but not limited
 to, the various geographic areas and population densities throughout the
 state. The members shall include representatives of  the  public  health
 system,  health  care  providers  that  comprise the state's health care
 delivery system, individuals with expertise in the clinical and adminis-
 trative aspects of health care delivery, issues  affecting  health  care
 consumers,  health  planning,  health  care financing and reimbursement,
 health care regulation and compliance, and public health practice and at
 least two members  shall  also  be  members  of  the  behavioral  health
 services  advisory  council;  at  least  four members shall be represen-
 tatives of general hospitals or nursing  homes;  at  least  two  members
 shall  be representatives of health care consumer advocacy organizations
 which have a statewide or regional constituency and have  been  involved
 in  activities related to health care consumer advocacy including issues
 of interest to low- and moderate-income individuals; and  at  least  one
 member  shall  be  a  representative  of  each  of the following groups:
 women's health service  providers,  home  care  agencies,  HOSPICE  CARE
 PROVIDERS,  diagnostic  and  treatment  centers, health care payors, and
 labor organizations for health care employees.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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