New York A 5208: Relates to an assembly standing committee on ethics and guidance

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A05208 Summary:

BILL NOA05208A

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SAME ASSAME AS S02278-A

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SPONSORReyes

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COSPNSRHevesi, Lunsford, Dinowitz, Forrest, Steck

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §2801-a, Pub Health L

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Requires general hospitals to have a registered professional nurse as a sitting and voting member of the governing entity responsible for developing a hospital's strategic plan, structure, systems, policies and programs.

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BILL NOA05208A

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02/12/2025referred to health

12/10/2025amend (t) and recommit to health

12/10/2025print number 5208a

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5208--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. REYES, HEVESI, LUNSFORD -- read once and referred
 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 requiring general
 hospitals to have a registered professional nurse as a sitting and
 voting member of the governing entity responsible for developing the
 general hospital's strategic plan, structure, systems, policies and
 programs

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

 1 Section 1. Section 2801-a of the public health law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision 18 to read as follows:
 3 18. All general hospitals shall have a registered professional nurse,
 4 holding a current unencumbered license from New York state, as a sitting
 5 and voting member of the governing entity responsible for developing the
 6 general hospital's strategic plan, structure, systems, policies and
 7 programs. Such board position may be in addition to the maximum number
 8 of seats allowed for the governing entity responsible for developing the
 9 general hospital's strategic plan, structure, systems, policies and
 10 programs.
 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 12 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 13 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 14 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 15 completed on or before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03830-02-5

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