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Senate Bill S4972

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Institutes a moratorium on the closure of hospitals during a pandemic

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2025-S4972 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2832, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S5893

2025-S4972 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Institutes a moratorium on the closure of hospitals during a state of emergency which was declared due to a pandemic.

2025-S4972 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S4972 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4972
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- 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  instituting  a
   moratorium on the closure of hospitals during a pandemic
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 2832 to read as follows:
   §  2832. HOSPITAL CLOSURE MORATORIUM DURING PANDEMICS. NOTWITHSTANDING
 ANY PROVISIONS OF LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO  THE  CONTRARY,  THE  STATE
 SHALL  INSTITUTE  A  MORATORIUM  ON  THE CLOSURE OF HOSPITALS DURING ANY
 STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED DUE TO A PANDEMIC.  DURING SUCH  MORATORIUM,
 NO HOSPITAL SHALL CLOSE OR REDUCE CAPACITY BELOW THE HOSPITAL'S CAPACITY
 AS OF THE DATE THE MORATORIUM WAS IMPOSED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09095-01-5

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