Bill Text: NY S06086 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Increases the number of members of the public health and health planning council from 25 to 26; requires that a representative of freestanding ambulatory surgery centers be selected as a member of the public health and health planning council.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2023-05-18 - SUBSTITUTED BY A3302 [S06086 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S06086-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6086 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 28, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BRESLIN -- 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 adding a represen- tative of freestanding ambulatory surgery centers to the public health and health planning council The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 220 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 2 179 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 220. Public health and health planning council; appointment of 4 members. There shall continue to be in the department a public health 5 and health planning council to consist of the commissioner and [twenty-6five] twenty-six members to be appointed by the governor with the advice 7 and consent of the senate. Membership on the council shall be reflective 8 of the diversity of the state's population including, but not limited 9 to, the various geographic areas and population densities throughout the 10 state. The members shall include representatives of the public health 11 system, health care providers that comprise the state's health care 12 delivery system, individuals with expertise in the clinical and adminis- 13 trative aspects of health care delivery, issues affecting health care 14 consumers, health planning, health care financing and reimbursement, 15 health care regulation and compliance, and public health practice and at 16 least two members shall also be members of the behavioral health 17 services advisory council; at least four members shall be represen- 18 tatives of general hospitals or nursing homes; at least two members 19 shall be representatives of health care consumer advocacy organizations 20 which have a statewide or regional constituency and have been involved 21 in activities related to health care consumer advocacy including issues 22 of interest to low- and moderate-income individuals; and at least one 23 member shall be a representative of each of the following groups: 24 women's health service providers, home care agencies, freestanding ambu- 25 latory surgery centers, diagnostic and treatment centers, health care 26 payors, and labor organizations for health care employees. 27 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06834-01-3