New York A 10736: Requires public notice and public engagement when a general hospital seeks to close entirely or a unit that provides maternity, mental health or substance use care

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A10736 Summary:

BILL NOA10736 

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SAME ASSAME AS S09388

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SPONSORSimon

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COSPNSRMoreno, McDonald, Glick, Barrett, Shimsky, Colton, Eachus, Bendett, Schiavoni

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §2801-g, Pub Health L

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Requires public notice and public engagement when a general hospital seeks to close entirely or a unit that provides maternity, mental health or substance use care.

Go to top A10736 Actions:

BILL NOA10736 

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03/27/2026referred to health

04/28/2026reported referred to ways and means

Go to topA10736 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:HEALTH Chair:Paulin 
DATE:04/28/2026AYE/NAY:22/3 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means PaulinAyeJensenNay

DinowitzAyeGandolfoNay

RosenthalAyeBlumencranzAye

HevesiAyeGrayAye

SteckAyeSlaterAye

BraunsteinAyeChludzinskiAye

Bichotte HermelAyeNorberNay

SayeghAyeDursoAye

McDonaldAye

ReyesAye

Gonzalez-RojasAye

RajkumarAye

ForrestAye

KellesAye

LucasAye

MeeksExcused

LunsfordAye

CruzAye

Go to topA10736 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA10736 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10736

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 27, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing public
 notice and public engagement when a general hospital seeks to close
 entirely or a unit that provides maternity, mental health or substance
 use care

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "local input in community healthcare act".
 3 § 2. Section 2801-g of the public health law, as added by chapter 541
 4 of the laws of 2010, subdivision 4 as added by section 3 of part E of
 5 chapter 57 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
 6 § 2801-g. Community [forum] notice and engagement on hospital closure.
 7 1. Process for the closure of a general hospital or a unit of a general
 8 hospital. This section sets forth a process for the closure of a general
 9 hospital or a unit of a general hospital. As used in this section,
 10 "unit" means a portion of a general hospital that offers licensed emer-
 11 gency, maternity, mental health or substance use services, including any
 12 specialty care or any other hospital service in an operating certificate
 13 as approved under section twenty-eight hundred five of this article. For
 14 the purposes of this section, the closure of a unit of a general hospi-
 15 tal shall include a reduction of such services. As used in this
 16 section, "reduction" means a reduction in services that results in:
 17 (a) more than fifteen percent of a reduction in patient capacity of a
 18 unit within twelve months; or
 19 (b) a twenty-five percent or more reduction in patient capacity in
 20 aggregate within a twenty-four month period; or
 21 (c) a thirty-five percent or more reduction in patient capacity in
 22 aggregate within a thirty-six month period.
 23 2. Closure of a general hospital. (a) Written notification of a
 24 proposed closure of a general hospital must be provided to the depart-
 25 ment and all parties listed in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (c) of
 26 this subdivision no later than two hundred seventy days prior to the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03821-03-6

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 1 proposed closure date. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a general
 2 hospital from conferring with the department prior to submitting such
 3 written notification to give informal notice and seek guidance.
 4 (b) Application. A general hospital that seeks to close entirely
 5 shall submit an application that requires review by the public health
 6 and health planning council, or any successor entity. The application
 7 for the closure shall include a health equity impact assessment, as
 8 defined by section twenty-eight hundred two-b of this article, and a
 9 proposed closure plan. The application shall be submitted at least two
 10 hundred ten days before the proposed closure. No cessation, pause,
 11 transfer, or limitation of ser