Bill Text: NY S03740 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to directing the commissioner of health to conduct a study on the feasibility of creating a burn center in Kings County Medical Center in collaboration with SUNY Downstate Medical Center's University Hospital of Brooklyn.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S03740 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S03740-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3740 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 13, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT directing the commissioner of health to conduct a study on the feasibility of creating a burn center in Kings County Medical Center in collaboration with SUNY Downstate Medical Center's University Hospital of Brooklyn The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The commissioner of health is directed to conduct a study 2 and do research as to the feasibility of creating a burn center in Kings 3 County Medical Center in collaboration with SUNY Downstate Medical 4 Center's University Hospital of Brooklyn. 5 The study shall be conducted in accordance with rules, regulations and 6 standards determined by the commissioner of health. The study shall 7 concentrate on provisions of optimal care to burn patients for the time 8 of injury through rehabilitation with the goal of establishing a frame- 9 work for the establishment of an accredited burn unit that provides high 10 quality patient care while meeting the standards for organizational 11 structure, personnel qualifications, facilities resources and medical 12 care services pursuant to the Guidelines for the Operation of Burn 13 Centers of the American Burn Association. 14 The commissioner of health shall report his or her findings to the 15 governor, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the assem- 16 bly, the temporary president of the senate and the minority leader of 17 the senate on or before one year from the date this act shall take 18 effect. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04440-01-9