New York S 2633: Relates to the impact of hospital closures on healthcare access in the state

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S02633 Summary:

BILL NOS02633A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORGONZALEZ

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COSPNSRMAY, SKOUFIS, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Directs the department of health to complete a report of the impact of hospital closures on healthcare access in the state.

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BILL NOS02633A

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01/22/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

02/12/20251ST REPORT CAL.354

02/24/20252ND REPORT CAL.

02/25/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

02/26/2025PASSED SENATE

02/26/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

02/26/2025referred to health

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

04/10/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

04/10/2026PRINT NUMBER 2633A

04/21/20261ST REPORT CAL.805

04/22/20262ND REPORT CAL.

04/27/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/29/2026PASSED SENATE

04/29/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

04/29/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2633--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 22, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. GONZALEZ, MAY, SKOUFIS, WEBB -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with
 Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to direct the department of health to complete a report on the
 impact of hospital closures on healthcare access in New York state

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds:
 2 1. The serious public emergency regarding hospital closures across New
 3 York state continues to exist, and this emergency puts individuals at a
 4 heightened risk of death, illness, and economic hardship. These closures
 5 impact both public and private general hospitals or healthcare facili-
 6 ties owned by one or more hospital networks, full-service hospitals, and
 7 critical care units.
 8 2. The legislature finds and declares that in order to prevent death,
 9 hardship, and other negative health outcomes to New York state resi-
 10 dents, the provisions of this act are necessary to protect public
 11 health, safety, and general welfare. The following provisions are
 12 designed to strengthen the already established department of health's
 13 ongoing reporting efforts and ensure that the findings are presented
 14 clearly and are accessible to the general public and the legislature.
 15 The necessity in the public interest is hereby declared as a matter of
 16 legislative determination.
 17 § 2. 1. The department of health shall produce a report that examines
 18 the aggregate impact of the closure of general hospitals and hospital
 19 networks on healthcare access in this state. In producing such report
 20 the department of health shall meaningfully engage public health
 21 experts, labor representatives of the hospital workforce, community
 22 leaders and residents of New York state.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06391-02-6

 S. 2633--A 2

 1 (a) The report shall include statewide data on, including but not
 2 limited to:
 3 (i) the number of hospitals and hospital networks in each county or,
 4 where relevant, zip code;
 5 (ii) the average number of total and available hospital beds in each
 6 county or, where relevant, zip code;
 7 (iii) the number of acute care hospital beds per one thousand resi-
 8 dents by county or, where relevant, zip code;
 9 (iv) the number of medicare and Medicaid recipients, and the percent-
 10 age of insured and uninsured patients served, by county or, where rele-
 11 vant, zip code;
 12 (v) projected market shares of all hospitals and hospital networks in
 13 New York state;
 14 (vi) the financial condition of the hospitals and hospital networks
 15 that have submitted a proposal to close to the department of health
 16 within the past year, which shall include, but not be limited to:
 17 (1) the financial viability of the s