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A04560 Summary:

BILL NOA04560 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORCunningham

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COSPNSRGonzalez-Rojas, Chandler-Waterman, Beephan, Chang, DeStefano, Simon

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 49-D §§997 - 997-b, Exec L

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Establishes the commission for the modernization and revitalization of the state university of New York downstate medical center which directs such commission to conduct a study to examine services that should be offered at SUNY downstate medical center; directs the commission to submit a report and make recommendations to the legislature.

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BILL NOA04560 

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02/04/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4560

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, CHANDLER-WATERMAN,
 BEEPHAN, CHANG, DeSTEFANO, SIMON -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the
 commission for the modernization and revitalization of the state
 university of New York downstate medical center

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

 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new article 49-D
 2 to read as follows:

 3 ARTICLE 49-D
 4 COMMISSION FOR THE MODERNIZATION AND REVITALIZATION OF SUNY DOWNSTATE
 5 MEDICAL CENTER
 6 Section 997. Legislative intent.
 7 997-a. Commission for the modernization and revitalization of
 8 SUNY downstate medical center.
 9 997-b. Severability.
 10 § 997. Legislative intent. 1. The legislature hereby finds and
 11 declares that the state university downstate medical center (hereinafter
 12 referred to as "downstate") as established pursuant to section three
 13 hundred fifty-two of the education law, is a vital component of our
 14 state's health care system. As one of three state hospitals and the only
 15 state hospital in the city of New York, it is incumbent upon the state
 16 to ensure that this hospital remains fiscally viable to continue to
 17 provide the health care services that the residents of central Brooklyn
 18 deserve and depend on. The state university downstate medical center is
 19 one of the state's largest safety-net hospitals, which cares for all
 20 patients, regardless of their ability to pay. It predominantly serves
 21 people of color, low income, uninsured, underinsured, undocumented and
 22 at-risk individuals who have limited access to affordable health care

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06578-01-5

 A. 4560 2

 1 and who are more prone to suffer from serious disease and face higher
 2 morbidity rates than other patients across our city and state. In two
 3 thousand twenty-two, the hospital had over three hundred thousand outpa-
 4 tient visits and has an average of fourteen thousand inpatients each
 5 year. It also provides seven thousand four hundred free health screen-
 6 ings a year and sponsors over one hundred community service projects
 7 annually.
 8 2. Provided further, downstate is in the heart of central Brooklyn and
 9 has the largest medical school in New York city, which offers training
 10 in fifty-six specialties across five schools and colleges and annually
 11 educates and trains nearly one thousand nine hundred students. The
 12 medical school student population is made up of nearly sixty percent
 13 students of color, produces the most physicians of color in the state of
 14 New York, and nearly seventy percent of two thousand twenty-two gradu-
 15 ates remained in New York for their residency. Having a hospital affil-
 16 iated with the medical school is both critical for the training of
 17 medical students and is an essential part in producing the next gener-
 18 ation of health care professionals, which are desperately needed to
 19 enhance the access to vital health care in our communities.
 20 3. The legislature further finds that the entire Brooklyn health care
 21 de