Senate Bill S2278

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires hospitals to have a registered professional nurse as a sitting and voting member of the governing entity responsible for developing a hospital's strategic plan, structure, systems, policies and programs

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2025-S2278 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5208
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2801-a, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S9187, A10320

2025-S2278 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires hospitals to have a registered professional nurse as a sitting and voting member of the governing entity responsible for developing a hospital's strategic plan, structure, systems, policies and programs.

2025-S2278 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S2278 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2278
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 16, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBB  --  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  requiring  hospi-
   tals  to  have a registered professional nurse as a sitting and voting
   member of the governing entity responsible for developing  the  hospi-
   tal's strategic plan, structure, systems, policies and programs
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2801-a of the  public  health  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 18 to read as follows:
   18.  ALL HOSPITALS SHALL HAVE A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE, HOLDING
 A CURRENT UNENCUMBERED LICENSE FROM NEW YORK STATE,  AS  A  SITTING  AND
 VOTING  MEMBER  OF  THE  GOVERNING ENTITY RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING THE
 HOSPITAL'S STRATEGIC PLAN, STRUCTURE, SYSTEMS,  POLICIES  AND  PROGRAMS.
 SUCH  BOARD  POSITION  MAY BE IN ADDITION TO THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SEATS
 ALLOWED FOR THE GOVERNING ENTITY RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING  THE  HOSPI-
 TAL'S STRATEGIC PLAN, STRUCTURE, SYSTEMS, POLICIES AND PROGRAMS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03830-01-5

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