Bill Text: NY S07483 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Enacts the "hospital closure planning act"; provides that whenever a general hospital closes, the commissioner of health shall within thirty days of being notified of such closure, hold a public hearing at a location within the geographic area served by such general hospital to solicit testimony concerning the extent to which such closure will result in the reduction or elimination of health care services in the affected community, and options and proposals for replacing or enhancing such health care services through other means in order to meet the needs of residents in the affected community; makes related provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-10-01 - SIGNED CHAP.541 [S07483 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-S07483-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7483--A
I N S E N A T E
April 14, 2010
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Introduced by Sens. HUNTLEY, ESPADA, THOMPSON -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
-- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to enacting the
"hospital closure planning act"
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
2 the "hospital closure planning act".
3 S 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2801-g
4 to read as follows:
5 S 2801-G. COMMUNITY FORUM ON HOSPITAL CLOSURE. 1. NO LATER THAN THIRTY
6 DAYS AFTER THE CLOSURE OF A GENERAL HOSPITAL, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
7 HOLD A PUBLIC COMMUNITY FORUM FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING PUBLIC INPUT
8 CONCERNING THE ANTICIPATED IMPACT OF THE GENERAL HOSPITAL'S CLOSURE ON
9 ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES BY MEMBERS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY,
10 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO RECIPIENTS OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY
11 PERSONS, THE UNINSURED, AND UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, AND OPTIONS AND
12 PROPOSALS TO AMELIORATE SUCH ANTICIPATED IMPACT. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
13 AFFORD COMMUNITY MEMBERS, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, LABOR UNIONS, PAYERS,
14 BUSINESSES AND CONSUMERS A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT RELE-
15 VANT MATTERS AT SUCH COMMUNITY FORUM.
16 2. NO LATER THAN SIXTY DAYS AFTER HOLDING A COMMUNITY FORUM PURSUANT
17 TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAKE AVAIL-
18 ABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE INFORMATION REGARDING:
19 (A) THE ANTICIPATED IMPACT OF THE GENERAL HOSPITAL'S CLOSURE ON ACCESS
20 TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES BY MEMBERS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY, INCLUD-
21 ING BUT NOT LIMITED TO RECIPIENTS OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY
22 PERSONS, THE UNINSURED, AND UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS;
23 (B) SPECIFIC MEASURES THE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER PARTIES HAVE TAKEN OR
24 WILL TAKE TO AMELIORATE SUCH ANTICIPATED IMPACT; AND
25 (C) ANY FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
26 SERVICES IN COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY THE GENERAL HOSPITAL'S CLOSURE.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11426-16-0
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1 3. A COMMUNITY FORUM CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE HELD
2 AT A LOCATION WITHIN A REASONABLE PROXIMITY TO THE GENERAL HOSPITAL
3 SUBJECT TO CLOSURE, AND SHALL BE ANNOUNCED NO LESS THAN TEN DAYS PRIOR
4 TO THE DATE OF SUCH COMMUNITY FORUM.
5 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply only to
6 general hospitals that close on or after such effective date.
