New York A 10543: Establishes a small business tax credit for certain efforts taken to improve such small business's facility in an effort to reduce the spread of infectious diseases

Bill Text

Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

 Skip to main content 

 New York State Assembly

 Speaker Carl E. Heastie

 --> 
 --> 

 --> 

• 
 Assembly Members 

• 
 Legislative Info 

• 
 Public Hearings 

• 
 Speaker's Press 

• 
 Assembly Reports 

• 
 Committees & More 

• Bill Search Home
• Laws
• Legislative Calendar
• Public Hearing Schedule
• Assembly Calendars
• Assembly Committee Agenda 

 Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. 

 Bill No.: 

• Summary 
• Actions 
• Committee&nbspVotes 
• Floor&nbspVotes 
• Memo 
• Text 
• LFIN 
• Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript 
A10543 Summary:

BILL NOA10543B

&nbsp

SAME ASSAME AS S07575-B

&nbsp

SPONSORReyes

&nbsp

COSPNSRSeptimo, Meeks, Hevesi, Wright, Steck, Tapia, Simon

&nbsp

MLTSPNSR

&nbsp

Amd §2803, Pub Health L

&nbsp

Requires healthcare facilities to maintain a fifty percent operating threshold of certain reusable healthcare protective textiles in their inventory unless a reprieve is provided for supply chain issues; provides a fine may be assessed for failure to comply, as determined by the commissioner.

Go to top A10543 Actions:

BILL NOA10543B

&nbsp

03/11/2026referred to health

03/18/2026amend and recommit to health

03/18/2026print number 10543a

05/22/2026amend and recommit to health

05/22/2026print number 10543b

Go to topA10543 Committee&nbspVotes:

Go to topA10543 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA10543 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10543--B

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 11, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. REYES, SEPTIMO, MEEKS, HEVESI, WRIGHT, STECK,
 TAPIA, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee -- 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 health-
 care facilities to maintain a fifty percent operating threshold of
 certain reusable healthcare protective textiles in their inventory

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

 1 Section 1. Section 2803 of the public health law is amended by adding
 2 a new subdivision 15 to read as follows:
 3 15. (a) The commissioner shall ensure that all healthcare facilities
 4 as defined in paragraph (b) of this subdivision possess and maintain an
 5 operating threshold of at least fifty percent of all healthcare protec-
 6 tive textiles (HPT) as provided by a hygienically clean laundry service
 7 provider; provided, however, that upon request, the department may grant
 8 an extension or reprieve, at its sole and exclusive discretion if the
 9 healthcare facility demonstrates, to the commissioner's satisfaction,
 10 that such healthcare facility's inability to meet such requirement is
 11 solely attributable to supply chain issues that are beyond the hospi-
 12 tal's control and purchasing HPT at market rates would facilitate price
 13 gouging by HPT vendors.
 14 (b) For purposes of this subdivision, the following terms shall have
 15 the following meanings:
 16 (i) "healthcare facility" shall mean hospitals, skilled nursing facil-
 17 ities, outpatient care centers, long-term care facilities, physical
 18 therapy centers, comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facilities,
 19 end-stage renal disease facilities, hospice, physician's offices, non-
 20 physician provider's offices, and laboratories;
 21 (ii) "healthcare protective textiles" shall mean reusable textiles
 22 designed to protect healthcare workers, patients, and support personnel
 23 against exposure to infectious agents, bodily fluids, hazardous chemi-
 24 cals, and other clinical risks by resisting fluid and viral penetration

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06988-07-6

 A. 10543--B 2

 1 and cross-contamination, including: underpads, lab coats, cubicle
 2 curtains, barrier gowns as classified by AAMI/ANSI PB70 liquid barrier
 3 performance levels (1-4), surgical gowns as classified by AAMI/ANSI PB70
 4 liquid barrier performance levels (1-4), and isolation gowns as classi-
 5 fied by AAMI/ANSI PB70 liquid barrier performance levels (1-4); and
 6 (iii) "operating threshold" shall mean a constantly rotating stock of
 7 HPT textiles being used, returned to a laundry facility, processed by a
 8 hygienically clean certified facility, and returned to a healthcare
 9 facility for use.
 10 (c) Failure to possess and maintain such a supply of HPT may result in
 11 a fine to be determined by the department; provided, however, that no
 12 such revocation or suspension shall be ordered unless the department has
 13 provided the healthcare facility with a thi