Bill Text: NY A05970 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the department of health to conduct a study relating to opening a new hospital in southeast Queens; requires the department of health to deliver a copy of the findings of the study conducted and any legislative recommendations to the governor and the legislature.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2023-11-17 - tabled [A05970 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A05970-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5970

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 24, 2023
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        Introduced  by M. of A. AUBRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Health

        AN ACT in relation to directing the department of health  to  conduct  a
          study  relating  to  the  opening  of  a  public hospital in southeast
          Queens; and providing for the repeal of such provisions  upon  expira-
          tion thereof

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The department of health is hereby authorized and  directed
     2  to gather data, analyze such data, and make recommendations to assist in
     3  facilitating  the opening of a public hospital in southeast Queens. Such
     4  study shall include, but shall not be limited  to:  possible  locations,
     5  associated  costs,  proximity  to and availability of public transporta-
     6  tion, demographics of those who may be served, the socio-economic condi-
     7  tion of the area, proximity to other health care institutions,  timeline
     8  for opening, and process for opening.
     9    §  2.  The  department  of  health  may  request, and is authorized to
    10  receive, any information from any state  agency  that  is  relevant  and
    11  material  to  the  completion of such study and report. Such information
    12  received by the department of  health  shall  be  subject  to  the  same
    13  requirements  for confidentiality and limitations on use, if any, as are
    14  applicable to such state agency's use of such information.
    15    § 3. Within one year of the effective date of this act, the department
    16  of health shall submit a report of its findings, analysis, and recommen-
    17  dations to the governor, the temporary  president  of  the  senate,  the
    18  speaker  of  the  assembly,  the  chairs of the health committees in the
    19  senate and assembly, and the sponsors of this bill  in  the  senate  and
    20  assembly.
    21    §  4.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
    22  deemed repealed thirty days after the submission of the  report  to  the
    23  governor  and  the  legislature as provided for in section three of this

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  act; provided that the department of health shall notify the legislative
     2  bill drafting commission upon the occurrence  of  the  delivery  of  the
     3  report provided for in section two of this act in order that the commis-
     4  sion  may  maintain  an  accurate  and timely effective data base of the
     5  official text of the laws of the state of New  York  in  furtherance  of
     6  effectuating  the  provisions  of  section 44 of the legislative law and
     7  section 70-b of the public officers law.