New York S 2278: Requires general hospitals to have a registered professional nurse as a member of the governing entity responsible for developing a general hospital's strategic plan, structure, systems, policies and programs

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S02278 Summary:

BILL NOS02278A

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SAME ASSAME AS A05208-A

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SPONSORWEBB

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COSPNSRBROUK, FAHY, PARKER

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §2801-a, Pub Health L

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Requires hospitals to have a registered professional nurse as a sitting and voting member of the governing entity responsible for developing a hospital's strategic plan, structure, systems, policies and programs.

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BILL NOS02278A

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01/16/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

05/29/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

05/29/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1476

06/06/2025PASSED SENATE

06/06/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/06/2025referred to health

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/15/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

01/15/2026PRINT NUMBER 2278A

02/24/20261ST REPORT CAL.390

02/25/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/26/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/10/2026PASSED SENATE

03/10/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/10/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2278--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. WEBB, BROUK, FAHY, PARKER -- 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 amend the public health law, in relation to requiring general
 hospitals to have a registered professional nurse as a sitting and
 voting member of the governing entity responsible for developing the
 general hospital's strategic plan, structure, systems, policies and
 programs

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

 1 Section 1. Section 2801-a of the public health law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision 18 to read as follows:
 3 18. All general hospitals shall have a registered professional nurse,
 4 holding a current unencumbered license from New York state, as a sitting
 5 and voting member of the governing entity responsible for developing the
 6 general hospital's strategic plan, structure, systems, policies and
 7 programs. Such board position may be in addition to the maximum number
 8 of seats allowed for the governing entity responsible for developing the
 9 general hospital's strategic plan, structure, systems, policies and
 10 programs.
 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 12 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 13 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 14 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 15 completed on or before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03830-03-5

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