Bill Text: NY S08561 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Expands eligibility for appointment to county boards of health and health services advisory boards to include nurse practitioners and physician assistants; expands to residents in the county or residents of a contiguous county who have a background in a health-related field and perform substantial work in the county associated with their health-related background.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-06 - SUBSTITUTED BY A8232A [S08561 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S08561-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8561 IN SENATE February 14, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- 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 expanding eligi- bility for appointment to county boards of health and health services advisory boards The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 343 of the public health 2 law are amended to read as follows: 3 1. The board of health of a county or part-county health district 4 shall consist of seven members, one of whom shall be a member of the 5 board of supervisors, selected by the board of supervisors, and at least 6 [three] one of whom shall be [physicians] a physician licensed to prac- 7 tice in the state of New York, and two of whom shall be a physician, 8 nurse practitioner, physician assistant or any combination thereof 9 licensed to practice in the state of New York, and in addition thereto, 10 each city which becomes a part of the county or part-county health 11 district shall be entitled to one additional representative member on 12 the board of health. 13 2. The members of the board of health of a county or part-county 14 health district shall be residents of the health district or a resident 15 of a contiguous county who has a background in a health-related field 16 and performs other substantial work within the health district associ- 17 ated with their health-related background. 18 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 357 of the public health law, as added 19 by chapter 55 of the laws of 1974, is amended and a new subdivision 7 is 20 added to read as follows: 21 1. In a county wherein the legislative body constitutes the board of 22 health of such county under and pursuant to the provisions of section 23 three hundred fifty-six of this [article] title, the county shall 24 provide for the appointment by the board of health of a health services 25 advisory board consisting of nine members. [Two members] One member 26 shall be [licensed physicians] a physician licensed to practice in the 27 state of New York and one member shall be a physician, nurse practition- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13441-03-4S. 8561 2 1 er, or physician assistant licensed to practice in the state of New 2 York. The remaining members of the board shall be known as public 3 members and shall be selected on the basis of their interest and know- 4 ledge regarding the health needs, resources and facilities of the commu- 5 nity. 6 7. Board members shall be residents of the county or a resident of a 7 contiguous county who has a background in a health-related field and 8 performs other substantial work within the county associated with their 9 health-related background. 10 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
