Bill Text: NY A08232 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Expands eligibility for appointment to county boards of health and health services advisory boards to include nurse practitioners and physician assistants, and expands to residents in the county or residents of a contiguous county who perform substantial work in the county.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-01-22 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [A08232 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A08232-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8232 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY November 6, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to expanding eligi- bility for appointment to county boards of health and health services advisory boards The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 343 of the public health 2 law are amended to read as follows: 3 1. The board of health of a county or part-county health district 4 shall consist of seven members, one of whom shall be a member of the 5 board of supervisors, selected by the board of supervisors, and at least 6 [three] one of whom shall be [physicians] a physician licensed to prac- 7 tice in the state of New York, and two of whom shall be a physician, 8 nurse practitioner, physician assistant or any combination thereof 9 licensed to practice in the state of New York, and in addition thereto, 10 each city which becomes a part of the county or part-county health 11 district shall be entitled to one additional representative member on 12 the board of health. 13 2. The members of the board of health of a county or part-county 14 health district shall be residents of the health district or a resident 15 of a contiguous county who performs other substantial work within the 16 health district and has a background in a health related field. 17 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 357 of the public health law, as added 18 by chapter 55 of the laws of 1974, is amended and a new subdivision 7 is 19 added to read as follows: 20 1. In a county wherein the legislative body constitutes the board of 21 health of such county under and pursuant to the provisions of section 22 three hundred fifty-six of this [article] title, the county shall 23 provide for the appointment by the board of health of a health services 24 advisory board consisting of nine members. [Two members] One member EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13441-02-3A. 8232 2 1 shall be [licensed physicians] a physician licensed to practice in the 2 state of New York and one member shall be a physician, nurse practition- 3 er, or physician assistant licensed to practice in the state of New 4 York. The remaining members of the board shall be known as public 5 members and shall be selected on the basis of their interest and know- 6 ledge regarding the health needs, resources and facilities of the commu- 7 nity. 8 7. Board members shall be residents of the county or a resident of a 9 contiguous county who performs other substantial work within the county 10 and has a background in a health related field. 11 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
