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Senate Bill S4751

2025-2026 Legislative Session

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

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2025-S4751 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §24, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S5670
2023-2024: S2009

2025-S4751 (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.

2025-S4751 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S4751 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4751
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 12, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. SANDERS, BORRELLO -- 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.
                                                            LBD00400-01-5

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