Bill Text: NY S08321 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Places a moratorium on closing hospitals until December 31, 2023.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-11 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S08321 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08321-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8321

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 11, 2020
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

        AN ACT in relation to placing a moratorium on closing  hospitals  during
          the  coronavirus  disease  2019 (COVID-19) pandemic; and providing for
          the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Notwithstanding any provisions of law, rule or regulation
     2  to the contrary, due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)  pandem-
     3  ic,  the  state shall institute a moratorium on the closure of hospitals
     4  until December 31, 2023. As such, no  hospital  shall  close  or  reduce
     5  capacity  below the hospital's capacity as of January 1, 2020 before the
     6  end of such moratorium.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
     8  deemed repealed January 1, 2024.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16270-01-0