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Senate Bill S5666A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Directs the department of health to conduct a study on opening three new veterans nursing homes in New York state and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

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2025-S5666 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Health
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S4256

2025-S5666 - Summary

Directs the department of health to conduct a study on opening three new veterans nursing homes in New York state; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.

2025-S5666 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5666 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5666
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 26, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  ASHBY, MURRAY, OBERACKER, RHOADS, ROLISON, WEBER,
   WEIK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be commit-
   ted to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to direct the department of health to conduct a study on  opening
   three  new veterans nursing homes in New York state; and providing for
   the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  1.  (a) The department of health shall conduct a study in
 relation to opening three new veterans nursing homes in New York state.
   (b) Such study shall include, but not be limited to:
   i. the best locations in New York state to  site  three  new  veterans
 nursing homes;
   ii. the staffing requirements for such veterans nursing homes based on
 projected demand for beds in such nursing homes; and
   iii.  the  costs  associated  with  opening three new veterans nursing
 homes.
   2. On or before one year from the effective  date  of  this  act,  the
 department of health shall submit such study to the governor, the tempo-
 rary  president  of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, all members
 of the senate committee on  veterans,  homeland  security  and  military
 affairs, and the assembly committee on veterans services.
   3. The department of health may request, and is authorized to receive,
 any  information  from any state agency that is relevant and material to
 the completion of such study. Such information received by  the  depart-
 ment  of health  shall be subject to the same requirements for confiden-
 tiality and limitations on use, if any, as are applicable to such  state
 agency's use of such information.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed one year after such effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03595-01-5

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2025-S5666A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Health
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S4256

2025-S5666A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of health to conduct a study on opening three new veterans nursing homes in New York state; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.

2025-S5666A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5666A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5666--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 26, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  ASHBY, MURRAY, OBERACKER, RHOADS, ROLISON, WEBER,
   WEIK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be commit-
   ted to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to direct the department of health to conduct a study on opening
   three new veterans nursing homes in New York state; and providing  for
   the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 1. (a) The department of health shall conduct  a  study  in
 relation to opening three new veterans nursing homes in New York state.
   (b) Such study shall include, but not be limited to:
   i.  the  best  locations  in New York state to site three new veterans
 nursing homes;
   ii. the staffing requirements for such veterans nursing homes based on
 projected demand for beds in such nursing homes; and
   iii. the costs associated with  opening  three  new  veterans  nursing
 homes.
   2.  On  or  before  one  year from the effective date of this act, the
 department of health shall submit such study to the governor, the tempo-
 rary president of the senate, the  speaker  of  the  assembly,  and  all
 members of the senate committee on veterans, homeland security and mili-
 tary  affairs,  the  assembly committee on veterans services, the senate
 committee on health, and the assembly committee on health.
   3. The department of health may request, and is authorized to receive,
 any information from any state agency that is relevant and  material  to
 the  completion  of such study. Such information received by the depart-
 ment of health  shall be subject to the same requirements for  confiden-
 tiality  and limitations on use, if any, as are applicable to such state
 agency's use of such information.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed one year after such effective date.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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