Senate Bill S1885A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing hospital-sponsored off campus emergency departments

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2023-S1885 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8214
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2801, add §2802-c, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S6561, A8724
2015-2016: S4258, A2327
2017-2018: S6383, A2437
2019-2020: S1728, A6254
2021-2022: S1736, A205

2023-S1885 - Summary

Establishes hospital-sponsored off campus emergency departments as a "hospital"; sets out specific standards for operations, staffing and capacity requirements.

2023-S1885 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1885 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1885
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. SKOUFIS, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to hospital-sponsored
   off campus emergency departments
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 2801 of the public health law, as
 amended by section 1 of part Z of chapter 57 of the  laws  of  2019,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  "Hospital"  means a facility or institution engaged principally in
 providing services by or under the supervision of a physician or, in the
 case of a dental clinic or dental dispensary, of a dentist, or,  in  the
 case  of  a  midwifery  birth  center, of a midwife, for the prevention,
 diagnosis or treatment of human  disease,  pain,  injury,  deformity  or
 physical  condition,  including, but not limited to, a general hospital,
 HOSPITAL-SPONSORED  OFF  CAMPUS  EMERGENCY  DEPARTMENT,  public   health
 center,  diagnostic  center,  treatment  center,  dental  clinic, dental
 dispensary, rehabilitation center other than a facility used solely  for
 vocational  rehabilitation, nursing home, tuberculosis hospital, chronic
 disease hospital, maternity hospital, midwifery birth center,  lying-in-
 asylum,  out-patient  department,  out-patient  lodge,  dispensary and a
 laboratory or central service facility serving one or more  such  insti-
 tutions,  but  the term hospital shall not include an institution, sani-
 tarium or other facility engaged principally in providing  services  for
 the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of mental disability and which is
 subject  to the powers of visitation, examination, inspection and inves-
 tigation of the department of mental hygiene except for  those  distinct
 parts  of such a facility which provide hospital service. The provisions
 of this article shall not apply to a  facility  or  institution  engaged
 principally  in  providing  services  by or under the supervision of the
 bona fide members and adherents of a recognized  religious  organization
 whose teachings include reliance on spiritual means through prayer alone
 for  healing  in  the  practice of the religion of such organization and
 where services are provided  in  accordance  with  those  teachings.  No
 
              

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2023-S1885A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8214
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2801, add §2802-c, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S6561, A8724
2015-2016: S4258, A2327
2017-2018: S6383, A2437
2019-2020: S1728, A6254
2021-2022: S1736, A205

2023-S1885A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes hospital-sponsored off campus emergency departments as a "hospital"; sets out specific standards for operations, staffing and capacity requirements.

2023-S1885A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1885A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1885--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. SKOUFIS, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health --  recom-
   mitted  to  the  Committee on Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6,
   sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to hospital-sponsored
   off campus emergency departments
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2801 of the public health law,  as
 amended  by  section  2  of part E of chapter 57 of the laws of 2023, is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. "Hospital" means a facility or institution engaged  principally  in
 providing services by or under the supervision of a physician or, in the
 case  of  a dental clinic or dental dispensary, of a dentist, or, in the
 case of a midwifery birth center, of  a  midwife,  for  the  prevention,
 diagnosis  or  treatment  of  human  disease, pain, injury, deformity or
 physical condition, including, but not limited to, a  general  hospital,
 HOSPITAL-SPONSORED   OFF  CAMPUS  EMERGENCY  DEPARTMENT,  public  health
 center, diagnostic center, treatment center, a rural emergency  hospital
 under  42 USC 1395x(kkk), or successor provisions, dental clinic, dental
 dispensary, rehabilitation center other than a facility used solely  for
 vocational  rehabilitation, nursing home, tuberculosis hospital, chronic
 disease hospital, maternity hospital, midwifery birth center,  lying-in-
 asylum,  out-patient  department,  out-patient  lodge,  dispensary and a
 laboratory or central service facility serving one or more  such  insti-
 tutions,  but  the term hospital shall not include an institution, sani-
 tarium or other facility engaged principally in providing  services  for
 the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of mental disability and which is
 subject  to the powers of visitation, examination, inspection and inves-
 tigation of the department of mental hygiene except for  those  distinct
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04610-02-3
              

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