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Senate Bill S7112

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires health districts be accredited to receive funding from the department of health

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2025-S7112 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §201, Pub Health L

2025-S7112 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires health districts be accredited to receive funding from the department of health.

2025-S7112 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7112 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7112
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 1, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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  health
   districts  be  accredited  to  receive  funding from the department of
   health

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative  intent.  The legislature finds that ensuring
 high-quality public health services is critical to the well-being of all
 residents. Accreditation improves accountability, service delivery,  and
 health  outcomes  by establishing evidence based uniform standards.  The
 legislature recognizes that as the leading national accrediting body for
 public health  in  the  U.S.,  the  Public  Health  Accreditation  Board
 supports  health  departments  to  improve  quality, accountability, and
 performance.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 201 of the public health law is  amended
 by adding a new paragraph (z) to read as follows:
   (Z) AS A CONDITION PRECEDENT TO RECEIVING FUNDING FROM THE DEPARTMENT,
 THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  REQUIRE  HEALTH  DISTRICTS TO REGISTER FOR THE
 PUBLIC HEALTH ACCREDITATION BOARD'S READINESS AND TRAINING PROCESS WITH-
 IN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PARAGRAPH  AND  BE  ACCREDITED
 WITHIN  FOUR  YEARS  AFTER  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE OF THIS PARAGRAPH BY AN
 ACCREDITATION BODY APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER. THE COMMISSIONER  SHALL
 BE  AUTHORIZED  TO  ESTABLISH  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  TO IMPLEMENT THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   § 3. 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.
                                                            LBD10657-02-5

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