New York S 3939: Relates to the number of voting machines required, supplies at polling locations and the number of affidavit ballots to be supplied at polling locations

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S03939 Summary:

BILL NOS03939 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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COSPNSRSEPULVEDA, SKOUFIS

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §2803-l, Pub Health L; amd §4, NYC Health & Hosp Corp Act

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Requires every general hospital to have a community advisory board.

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BILL NOS03939 

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01/30/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3939

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 30, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, SEPULVEDA, SKOUFIS -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the New York city health and
 hospitals corporation act, in relation to hospital community advisory
 boards

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

 1 Section 1. Section 2803-l of the public health law, as amended by
 2 chapter 639 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 2803-l. Community service plans and community advisory boards. 1.
 4 The governing body of a [voluntary non-profit] general hospital, in
 5 cooperation with the hospital's community advisory board established
 6 under this section, must issue an organizational mission statement iden-
 7 tifying at a minimum the populations and communities served by the
 8 hospital and the hospital's commitment to meeting the health care needs
 9 of the community.
 10 2. The governing body, in cooperation with the hospital's community
 11 advisory board established under this section must at least every three
 12 years:
 13 (i) review and amend as necessary the hospital mission statement;
 14 (ii) solicit the views of the communities served by the hospital on
 15 such issues as the hospital's performance and service priorities;
 16 (iii) demonstrate the hospital's operational and financial commitment
 17 to meeting community health care needs, to provide charity care services
 18 and to improve access to health care services by the underserved; and
 19 (iv) prepare and make available to the public a statement showing on a
 20 combined basis a summary of the financial resources of the hospital and
 21 related corporations and the allocation of available resources to hospi-
 22 tal purposes including the provision of free or reduced charge services.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07377-01-5

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 1 3. The governing body, in cooperation with the hospital's community
 2 advisory board, must at least annually prepare and make available to the
 3 public an implementation report regarding the hospital's performance in
 4 meeting the health care needs of the community, providing charity care
 5 services, and improving access to health care services by the under-
 6 served.
 7 4. The governing body shall file with the commissioner its mission
 8 statement, its annual implementation report, and at least every three
 9 years a report detailing amendments to the statement and reflecting
 10 changes in the hospital's operational and financial commitment to meet-
 11 ing the health care needs of the community, providing charity care
 12 services, and improving access to health care services by the under-
 13 served. Each of these documents shall be made available to the public
 14 by the hospital on its website and by the department on its website.
 15 5. (i) Every general hospital shall establish a community advisory
 16 board to consider and advise the hospital upon matters concerning the
 17 development of any plans or programs of the hospital, and may establish
 18 rules and regulations with respect to the community advisory board.
 19 (ii) The members of the community advisory board shall be represen-
 20 tatives of the community served by the hospital. The hospital shall file
 21 with the commissioner, and from time to time update, an up-to-date list
 22 of the members of the hospital's community advisory board, which shall
 23 be