Bill Text: NY A09474 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to the membership on the Nassau health care corporation board; provides that the board of directors shall select the chair and the chief executive officer.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-16 - ordered to third reading rules cal.230 [A09474 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A09474-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9474--B IN ASSEMBLY March 7, 2022 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DARLING, GRIFFIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amend- ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to membership on the Nassau health care corporation board The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 3402 of the 2 public authorities law, as added by chapter 9 of the laws of 1997, is 3 amended and a new paragraph (b-1) is added to read as follows: 4 (b) The corporation shall be governed by a board of directors, 5 consisting of fifteen voting directors, eight of whom shall be appointed 6 by the governor as provided in paragraph (c) of this subdivision, three 7 of whom shall be appointed by the county executive for initial terms of 8 two years, and four of whom shall be appointed by the county legislature 9 for initial terms of three years. 10 (b-1) Each voting director should possess a high degree of experience 11 and knowledge in relevant fields and a high degree of interest in the 12 corporation. The appointment of any voting director to the corporation 13 shall be based in part on the objective of ensuring that the corporation 14 includes diverse and beneficial perspectives and experience, including, 15 but not limited to, those of business management, law, finance, medical 16 and/or other health professionals, health sector workers, and the 17 patient or consumer perspective. 18 § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 3402 of the public 19 authorities law, as added by chapter 9 of the laws of 1997, is amended 20 to read as follows: 21 (a) The [county executive] board of directors shall by majority vote 22 designate one of the fifteen voting directors as the chairperson of the 23 board. The chairperson shall preside over all meetings of the board and 24 shall have such other duties as the voting directors may direct. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14728-06-2A. 9474--B 2 1 § 3. Subdivision 4 of section 3402 of the public authorities law, as 2 added by chapter 9 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows: 3 4. The board of directors shall select the chief executive officer 4 [subject to the approval of the county executive] and shall determine 5 the salary and benefits of the chief executive officer of the corpo- 6 ration. The chief executive officer shall serve at the pleasure of the 7 board of directors provided, however, that removal without cause shall 8 not prejudice the contract rights, if any, of the chief executive offi- 9 cer. 10 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that nothing in 11 this act shall be construed to prohibit an individual from completing a 12 term for which the person was appointed, prior to the effective date of 13 this section.