NY State Senate Bill 2013-S7725

Senate Bill S7725

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to state appropriations to the state university of New York and the city university of New York

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2013-S7725 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9530
Current Committee:: Senate Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §355, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:: S281, A5370

2013-S7725 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to state appropriations to the state university of New York and the city university of New York.

2013-S7725 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S7725

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the education law, in relation to
state appropriations to the state university of New York and the city
university of New York

PURPOSE:  Clarifies that the SUNY health science centers are included
in the maintenance of effort provision pursuant to Chapter 260 of the
Laws of 2011.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:  Amends Section 355 of the Education Law by
adding SUNY health science centers to clarify that these facilities
are included in the SUNY's maintenance of effort provision.

JUSTIFICATION:  State support for SUNY's health science centers was
created more than 20 years ago to recognize that the State has a
responsibility to at least partially compensate these hospitals for
their service to indigent populations and for the role they play in
providing unique life-saving services not generally offered by private
hospitals.  These include burn units serving as the poison control
centers and the major trauma centers for their regions and other vital
services.  Moreover, they fulfill an important academic mission in
producing many of the State's physicians and other medical
professionals.

While SUNY's hospitals are a major part of the State University and

play a critical role in providing essential health care service to the
State and communities they serve, the State has consistently reduced
funding to these institutions over the last decade. In 2010, State
support was reduced by almost 47 percent. These cuts have placed these
institutions in serious financial jeopardy and have threatened their
ability to carry out their health care service and academic missions.
The enactment of this legislation is necessary to clarify that the
Legislature intended for the health science centers to be part of the
State's maintenance of effort provision pursuant to the NY SUNY 2020
legislation enacted in 2011, so that at a minimum, they will receive
prior year levels of funding from the State. While this legislation
will not solve the financial problems of these institutions, it is
desperately needed to help stop the bleeding of state disinvestment to
these critical state facilities.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  This act shall take effect April 1, 2015; provided
that the amendments to subparagraph 4 of paragraph b of subdivision 2
of section 355 of the education law, made by section one of this act
shall not affect the expiration of such subparagraph and shall be
deemed to expire therewith.

2013-S7725 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7725

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 3, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  state  appropriations
  to  the  state  university  of New York and the city university of New
  York

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Clause (iii) of subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdivi-
sion 2 of section 355 of the education law, as amended by chapter 260 of
the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  (iii) The state shall appropriate annually and make available  general
fund operating support, including fringe benefits, for the state univer-
sity  in an amount not less than the amount appropriated and made avail-
able to the state university in state fiscal year two thousand  eleven--
two  thousand  twelve.  Beginning  in  state  fiscal  year  two thousand
twelve-two thousand thirteen and thereafter, the state shall appropriate
and make available general  fund  operating  support,  including  fringe
benefits,  for  the  state  university  AND  THE STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH
SCIENCE CENTERS in an amount not less than the amount  appropriated  and
made  available  in the prior state fiscal year; provided, however, that
if the governor declares a fiscal emergency, and communicates such emer-
gency to the temporary president of the senate and speaker of the assem-
bly, state support for operating expenses at the  state  university  and
city university may be reduced in a manner proportionate to one another,
and the aforementioned provisions shall not apply.
  S  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect April 1, 2015; provided that the
amendments to subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of  section
355  of  the  education  law,  made by section one of this act shall not
affect the expiration of such subparagraph and shall be deemed to expire
therewith.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14627-01-4

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