Senate Bill S4741

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes the rural health council

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A7203 - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2017-S4741 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7203
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §235, add §236-b, Pub Health L

2017-S4741 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the rural health council within the Charles D. Cook office of rural health to advise the commissioner of health on rural health matters, to assist such office, contribute to the biennial report on rural health, and act as an advocate on rural health matters.

2017-S4741 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4741 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4741
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- 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  establishing  a
   rural health council
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 235 of the public health  law,  as
 added by chapter 630 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  "Rural  health  council"  shall  mean  [that  advisory body to the
 commissioner, created July, nineteen hundred eighty-eight, with  members
 appointed by the governor] THE RURAL HEALTH COUNCIL ESTABLISHED PURSUANT
 TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX-B OF THIS TITLE.
   § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 236-b to
 read as follows:
   §  236-B.  RURAL  HEALTH COUNCIL. 1. THERE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED WITHIN
 THE OFFICE A RURAL HEALTH COUNCIL TO BE COMPOSED OF  TWENTY-ONE  MEMBERS
 WHO SHALL BE APPOINTED AS FOLLOWS:
   A. FIVE MEMBERS BY THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE;
   B. TWO MEMBERS BY THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE;
   C. FIVE MEMBERS BY THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY;
   D. TWO MEMBERS BY THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY; AND
   E. SEVEN MEMBERS BY THE GOVERNOR.
   VACANCIES  IN  THE  MEMBERSHIP  OF SUCH COUNCIL SHALL BE FILLED BY THE
 APPROPRIATE APPOINTING AUTHORITY. THE RURAL HEALTH COUNCIL SHALL  SELECT
 A  CHAIRPERSON  FROM AMONG ITS MEMBERS. THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL SHALL
 BE REFLECTIVE OF THE STATE'S RURAL  AREAS,  AS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION
 SEVEN OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND SHALL
 INCLUDE  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  HEALTH  CARE  PROVIDERS  THAT COMPRISE THE
 HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM IN THE STATE'S RURAL AREAS, INDIVIDUALS WITH
 EXPERTISE IN CLINICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS OF HEALTH  CARE  DELIV-
 ERY,  HEALTH  CARE  FINANCING AND REIMBURSEMENT, HEALTH CARE REGULATION,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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