NY State Senate Bill 2023-S9187

Senate Bill S9187

2023-2024 Legislative Session

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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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee

Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
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May 03, 2024	referred to health

2023-S9187 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10320
Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2801-a, Pub Health L

2023-S9187 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S9187 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S9187

SPONSOR: WEBB
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring hospi-
tals to have a registered professional nurse as a sitting and voting
member of the governing entity responsible for developing the hospital's
strategic plan, structure, systems, policies and programs

 
PURPOSE:

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

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends public health law section 2801-a to add new subdivision
17, which would require hospitals to have at least one registered
professional nurse as a sitting and voting member of the hospital's
governing entity

Section 2 provides the effective date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The nursing profession includes a diverse group of professionals commit-
ted to serving patients, families, and communities and is ideally suited
to bring unique perspectives to the boardroom. Nurses are on the front-
line of providing care and possess a wide range of competencies in qual-
ity care and patient safety, strategic planning, critical thinking,
communications, human resources, finance, and complex problem solving
leading to improved patient outcomes and positive impacts for hospitals.
Without nursing representation, boards miss the insight of the most
trusted profession. This bill would require the governing bodies of
hospitals to include at least one registered professional nurse from the
community as a sitting and voting member of the hospital's governing
body. It is to our detriment as a state if those perspectives are not
considered fulfilling the strategic goals, developing hospital reputa-
tion and the overall performance of the hospital.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the State.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect one hundred and eighty days after it becomes
law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
effective date.

2023-S9187 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9187
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 3, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBB  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  requiring  hospi-
   tals  to  have a registered professional nurse as a sitting and voting
   member of the governing entity responsible for developing  the  hospi-
   tal'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:
 
   Section 1. Section 2801-a of the  public  health  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 18 to read as follows:
   18.  ALL HOSPITALS SHALL HAVE A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE, HOLDING
 A CURRENT UNENCUMBERED LICENSE FROM NEW YORK STATE,  AS  A  SITTING  AND
 VOTING  MEMBER  OF  THE  GOVERNING ENTITY RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING THE
 HOSPITAL'S STRATEGIC PLAN, STRUCTURE, SYSTEMS,  POLICIES  AND  PROGRAMS.
 SUCH  BOARD  POSITION  MAY BE IN ADDITION TO THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SEATS
 ALLOWED FOR THE GOVERNING ENTITY RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING  THE  HOSPI-
 TAL'S STRATEGIC PLAN, STRUCTURE, SYSTEMS, POLICIES AND PROGRAMS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15411-01-4

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