NY State Senate Bill 2015-S3326

Senate Bill S3326

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides that the N.Y. city health and hospital corporation spend a minimum of 10% of its budget on acute care and emergency room facilities in each borough

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Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 17, 2016	referred to corporations, authorities and commissions delivered to assembly passed senate
Mar 07, 2016	advanced to third reading
Mar 02, 2016	2nd report cal.
Mar 01, 2016	1st report cal.289
Jan 06, 2016	referred to cities returned to senate died in assembly
Jun 10, 2015	referred to corporations, authorities and commissions delivered to assembly passed senate
Mar 09, 2015	advanced to third reading
Mar 04, 2015	2nd report cal.
Mar 03, 2015	1st report cal.182
Feb 05, 2015	referred to cities

Votes

- May 17, 2016 - Floor Vote
  S3326
  
  40
  
  Aye
  
  18
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  5
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: May 17, 2016
      
      aye (40)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Carlucci
      
      Croci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Farley
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hannon
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Martins
      
      Murphy
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Persaud
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Robach
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Squadron
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      Venditto
      
      Young
      
      nay (18)
      
      Comrie
      
      Dilan
      
      Espaillat
      
      Gianaris
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Krueger
      
      Latimer
      
      Montgomery
      
      Panepinto
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Perkins
      
      Rivera
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Serrano
      
      Stavisky
      
      excused (5)
      
      Breslin
      
      Diaz
      
      Marchione
      
      Nozzolio
      
      Seward
  Jun 10, 2015 - Floor Vote
  S3326
  
  46
  
  Aye
  
  15
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  2
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 10, 2015
      
      aye (46)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      Croci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Diaz
      
      Farley
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hannon
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Martins
      
      Murphy
      
      Nozzolio
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Robach
      
      Sampson
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Squadron
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      Venditto
      
      Young
      
      nay (15)
      
      Comrie
      
      Dilan
      
      Espaillat
      
      Gianaris
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Krueger
      
      Latimer
      
      Montgomery
      
      Panepinto
      
      Peralta
      
      Rivera
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Serrano
      
      Stavisky
      
      excused (2)
      
      Libous
      
      Perkins
  Mar 1, 2016 - Committee Vote
  S3326
  
  5
  
  Aye
  
  2
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Committee Vote: Mar 1, 2016
      
      aye (5)
      
      Akshar
      
      Felder
      
      Funke
      
      Ortt
      
      Savino
      
      nay (2)
      
      Peralta
      
      Persaud
  Mar 3, 2015 - Committee Vote
  S3326
  
  6
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Committee Vote: Mar 3, 2015
      
      aye (6)
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Funke
      
      Lanza
      
      Ortt
      
      Savino
      
      Squadron
      
      nay (1)
      
      Peralta

2015-S3326 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5222
Current Committee:: Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:: New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation Act
Laws Affected:: Amd §§6 & 4, NYC Health & Hosp Corp Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: A7405
2011-2012: A63
2013-2014: S2474, A130
2017-2018: S3314, A6539
2019-2020: S410, A4878
2021-2022: A1226

2015-S3326 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the New York city health and hospital corporation spend a minimum of 10% of its budget on acute care and emergency room facilities in each borough and requires a representative from each borough on its board of directors.

2015-S3326 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S3326

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the New York city health and hospitals
corporation act, in relation to the financing of acute care or
emergency room facilities

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To provide that the New York City Health and Hospital Corporation
spend a minimum of ten percent of its budget on acute care and
emergency room facilities in each of the five boroughs.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

This legislation amends Section 6 of § 1 of Chapter 1016 of the Laws
of 1969, the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation Act, by
adding a new subdivision 8 to provide that the corporation shall spend
a minimum of ten percent of the capital budget and ten percent of the
operating budget in each borough within the city of New York.

JUSTIFICATION:

The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation act was adopted in
1969 and declared that "the provision and delivery of comprehensive
care and treatment of the ill and infirm, both physical and mental,
are of vital and paramount concern and essential to the protection and

promotion of the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the
State of New York and the City of New York. It further provided that
the New York City health and hospital corporation should be created to
provide such health and medical services and health facilities. That
corporation currently has at least 20 facilities under its
jurisdiction including: Kings County Hospital, Woodhull Medical and
Mental Health Center, and Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn; Harlem
Hospital Center and Metropolitan Hospital Center in Manhattan; Jacobi
Medical Center and North Central Bronx Hospital in the Bronx; as well
as Elmhurst Hospital Center and Queens Hospital in Queens.

Staten Island is a borough of nearly 500,000 people, which represents
six-percent of the New York City's population, without a single NYC
HHC hospital to meet the needs of the residents, as proclaimed by the
intent of the New York City Health and Hospital Corporation act. The
private facilities on Staten Island cannot handle the burgeoning
population on Staten Island without additional resources.

This legislation requires the City of New York to accept the
responsibility it was charged with more than 35 years ago and has
neglected to date: the care and treatment of the ill and infirm on
Staten Island.

This bill would require the City to spend a minimum of ten percent of
the capital budget and ten percent of the operating budget in each
borough.

The bill requires the City to merely provide the funding so that the
City could pay the existing hospitals on Staten Island to help expand
their emergency rooms and care for the medical needs of its residents.
The legislation also mandates that at least one of the members of the


Health and Hospital Corporation reside in each Borough. While that is
the current makeup of the Boards there is nothing currently in place
to mandate such a common sense requirement.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2014: Passed Senate/ A.130 Referred to Corporations,Authorities and
Commissions
2012: A.63 - Died in Corporations/S.2471 -Passed Senate;
2010: A.7405- Died in Corporations/S.3298- Died in Corporations;
2008: A.6717-Referred to Corporations/S.3443 -Passed Senate;
2007: A.6717- Reported to Ways & Means:5.3443- Passed Senate.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

This act shall take effect immediately.

2015-S3326 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3326

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 5, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities

AN ACT to amend the New York city health and hospitals corporation  act,
  in  relation  to the financing of acute care or emergency room facili-
  ties

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

  Section 1. Section 6 of section 1 of chapter 1016 of the laws of 1969,
constituting  the New York city health and hospitals corporation act, is
amended by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
  8. THE CORPORATION SHALL SPEND A MINIMUM OF TEN PERCENT OF THE CAPITAL
BUDGET AND TEN PERCENT OF THE OPERATING BUDGET IN EACH BOROUGH.
  S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 4 of section 1 of chapter  1016  of  the
laws of 1969, constituting the New York city health and hospitals corpo-
ration act, is amended to read as follows:
  1.  A corporation, to be known as the "New York city health and hospi-
tals corporation," is hereby created. Such corporation shall be  a  body
corporate  and  politic  constituting  a  public benefit corporation. It
shall be administered by a board  of  directors  consisting  of  sixteen
members, constituted as follows: five directors shall be the administra-
tor,  the  commissioner  appointed  by the mayor as chief administrative
officer of the health functions of the administration, the  director  of
community  mental health services of the administration, the administra-
tor of human resources of the city, and the deputy  mayor-city  adminis-
trator  of  the  city,  or their successors, all serving ex-officio; ten
directors shall be appointed by the mayor, five of whom shall be  desig-
nated  by  the  city council of the city of New York AND SHALL INCLUDE A
REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH OF THE FIVE BOROUGHS; and the remaining  direc-
tor  shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation. Such chief
executive officer shall be chosen by the aforementioned  fifteen  direc-
tors  from persons other than themselves and shall serve at the pleasure

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01036-01-5

S. 3326                             2

of the board. The terms of the ten  directors  first  appointed  by  the
mayor, other than those serving ex-officio shall be as follows:
  Two  shall  serve  for  terms of one year each, one of whom shall have
been designated by the city council;
  Two shall serve for terms of two years each, one of  whom  shall  have
been designated by the city council;
  Two  shall serve for terms of three years each, one of whom shall have
been designated by the city council;
  Two shall serve for terms of four years each, one of whom  shall  have
been designated by the city council;
  Two  shall  serve for terms of five years each, one of whom shall have
been designated by the city council;
thereafter their successors shall serve for terms of  five  years  each.
The  mayor  shall  fill  any vacancy which may occur by reason of death,
resignation or otherwise  in  a  manner  consistent  with  the  original
appointment.  Directors  may  be removed by the mayor for cause, but not
without an opportunity to be heard.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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