New York S 9779: Requires every general hospital to have a community advisory board

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S09779 Summary:

BILL NOS09779 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSEPULVEDA

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COSPNSRSKOUFIS

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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 NOS09779 

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04/06/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9779

 IN SENATE

 April 6, 2026
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 Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered print-
 ed, 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.
 23 3. The governing body, in cooperation with the hospital's community
 24 advisory board, must at least annually prepare and make available to the
 25 public an implementation report regarding the hospital's performance in
 26 meeting the health care needs of the community, providing charity care

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

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