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This bill requires the NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation to allocate at least 10% of its capital and operating budgets to each borough and ensures board representation from every borough.
Why it matters
Ensures more equitable funding. By mandating at least 10% of both capital and operating budgets be spent in each borough, the bill addresses historical disparities and aims to guarantee that all parts of the city—especially those that may have been underserved—receive a fair share of hospital resources and improvements.
Potential for improved healthcare access. The required allocation could lead to upgrades, new facilities, or expanded services in boroughs that have lacked investment, potentially reducing gaps in acute and emergency care between neighborhoods.
Strengthens local representation in decision-making. By requiring the board to include at least one member from each borough, the bill gives every community a direct voice in the governance and oversight of the NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation, which may result in policies and investments that better reflect local needs.
Long-term impact on health outcomes and trust. These changes could foster greater trust and engagement from communities that have felt marginalized, and, over time, help address broader health inequities across New York City.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
410
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE (Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
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 spend a minimum of ten percent of the capital budget and ten percent of the operating budget in each borough.
§ 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-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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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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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
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
Purpose or general idea of bill
To provide that the New York City Health and Hospital Corporation spend a minimum of ten percent of its budget on acute care and emergency room facilities in each of the five boroughs.
Summary of specific provisions
This legislation amends Section 6 of § 1 of Chapter 1016 of the Laws of 1969, the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation Act, by adding a new subdivision 8 to provide that the corporation shall spend a mini- mum of ten percent of the capital budget and ten percent of the operat- ing budget in each borough within the city of New York.
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Justification
The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation act was adopted in 1969 and declared that "the provision and delivery of comprehensive care and treatment of the ill and infirm, both physical and mental, are of vital and paramount concern and essential to the protection and promotion of the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the State of New York and the City of New York. It further provided that the New York City health and hospital corporation should be created to provide such health and medical services and health facilities. That corporation currently has at least 20 facilities under its jurisdiction including: Kings County Hospital, Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, and Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn; Harlem Hospital Center and Metropolitan Hospital Center in Manhattan; Jacobi Medical Center and North Central Bronx Hospital in the Bronx; as well as Elmhurst Hospital Center and Queens Hospital in Queens.
Staten Island is a borough of nearly 500,000 people, which represents six-percent of the New York City's population, without a single NYC HHC hospital to meet the needs of the residents, as proclaimed by the intent of the New York City Health and Hospital Corporation act. The private facilities on Staten Island cannot handle the burgeoning population on Staten Island without additional resources. This legislation requires the City of New York to accept the responsibility it was charged with more than 35 years ago and has neglected to date: the care and treatment of the ill and infirm on Staten Island.
This bill would require the City to spend a minimum of ten percent of the capital budget and ten percent of the operating budget in each borough.
The bill requires the City to merely provide the funding so that the City could pay the existing hospitals on Staten Island to help expand their emergency rooms and care for the medical needs of its residents. The legislation also mandates that at least one of the members of the Health and Hospital Corporation reside in each Borough. While that is the current makeup of the Boards there is nothing currently in place to mandate such a common sense requirement.
Prior legislative history
2018: S.3314 - Third Reading Calendar 2017: S.3314 - Passed Senate 2016: S.3326 - Passed Senate / A.5222 - Referred to Corporations 2015: S.3326 - Passed Senate / A.5222 - Referred to Corporations 2014: S.2474 - Passed Senate / A.130 - Referred to Corporations 2013: S.2474 - Passed Senate / A.130 - Referred to Corporations 2012: A.63-Died in Corporations / S.2471 - Passed Senate 2010: A.7405 - Died in Corporations / S.3298 - Died in Corporations 2008: A.6717 - Referred to Corporations / S.3443-Passed Senate 2007: A.6717 - Reported to Ways & Means / S.3443-Passed Senate
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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