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This bill requires New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation to fund at least two ER or acute care facilities per borough and mandates board representation from each borough.
Why it matters
Guarantees minimum emergency and acute care access. in every NYC borough by requiring funding for at least two separate ER or acute care facilities per borough, aiming to address disparities in healthcare infrastructure across the city.
Ensures each borough has a direct voice in healthcare leadership. by mandating that the Health and Hospitals Corporation board includes a representative from each borough, potentially leading to more equitable decision-making and responsiveness to local health needs.
Could shift allocation of public health resources. by legally obligating the city’s public health system to invest in underserved or under-resourced boroughs, possibly reducing gaps in emergency care and improving outcomes for historically marginalized communities.
May impact hospital closures and consolidations. by making it harder for the city to reduce the number of acute care or ER facilities in any borough, preserving access even as healthcare delivery models change.
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Fund More ERs in Boroughs
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- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
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Fund More Emergency Rooms
In Senate Committee · Corporations, Authorities And Commissions · Sponsor Andrew J. Lanza
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STATE OF NEW YORK
936
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 14, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK, MALLIOTAKIS, SEAWRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the New York city health and hospitals corporation act, in relation to the financing of acute care or emergency room facilities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 6 of section 1 of chapter 1016 of the laws of 1969, constituting the New York city health and hospitals corporation act, is amended by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
8. The corporation shall finance the operation of at least two acute care or emergency room facilities which are located in two separate hospitals in each borough within the city.
§ 2. Subdivision 1 of section 4 of section 1 of chapter 1016 of the laws of 1969, constituting the New York city health and hospitals corporation act, is amended to read as follows:
1. A corporation, to be known as the "New York city health and hospitals corporation," is hereby created. Such corporation shall be a body corporate and politic constituting a public benefit corporation. It shall be administered by a board of directors consisting of sixteen members, constituted as follows: five directors shall be the administrator, the commissioner appointed by the mayor as chief administrative officer of the health functions of the administration, the director of community mental health services of the administration, the administrator of human resources of the city, and the deputy mayor-city administrator of the city, or their successors, all serving ex-officio; ten directors shall be appointed by the mayor, five of whom shall be designated by the city council of the city of New York and shall include a representative from each of the five boroughs; and the remaining director shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation. Such chief executive officer shall be chosen by the aforementioned fifteen direc-
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tors from persons other than themselves and shall serve at the pleasure of the board. The terms of the ten directors first appointed by the mayor, other than those serving ex-officio shall be as follows:
Two shall serve for terms of one year each, one of whom shall have been designated by the city council;
Two shall serve for terms of two years each, one of whom shall have been designated by the city council;
Two shall serve for terms of three years each, one of whom shall have been designated by the city council;
Two shall serve for terms of four years each, one of whom shall have been designated by the city council;
Two shall serve for terms of five years each, one of whom shall have been designated by the city council; thereafter their successors shall serve for terms of five years each. The mayor shall fill any vacancy which may occur by reason of death, resignation or otherwise in a manner consistent with the original appointment. Directors may be removed by the mayor for cause, but not without an opportunity to be heard.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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