Assembly Bill A7546A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the commissioner of health to develop a sustainability plan for the state university of New York downstate medical center

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A7546 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6956
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Health, Commissioner of

2023-A7546 - Summary

Requires the commissioner of health to develop a sustainability plan for the state university of New York downstate medical center; provides that such sustainability plan shall not limit or alter the rights of employees pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement.

2023-A7546 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7546
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 25, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CUNNINGHAM  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT in relation to requiring the commissioner of health to develop  a
   sustainability  plan  for  the  state university of New York downstate
   medical center
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative  intent.  The  legislature  hereby  finds and
 declares that the state university downstate medical center is  a  vital
 component  of  our  state's  health  care  system. As one of three state
 hospitals and the only state hospital in the city of  New  York,  it  is
 incumbent  upon  the state to ensure that this hospital remains fiscally
 viable to continue to provide the health care services  that  the  resi-
 dents  of  central  Brooklyn deserve and depend on. The state university
 downstate medical center is one of the state's largest safety-net hospi-
 tals, which cares for all patients, regardless of their ability to  pay.
 It predominantly serves people of color, low income, uninsured, underin-
 sured,  undocumented  and at-risk individuals who have limited access to
 affordable health care and who are more prone  to  suffer  from  serious
 disease  and  face higher morbidity rates than other patients across our
 city and state. Last year, the hospital had over three hundred  thousand
 outpatient  visits  and  has  an average of fourteen thousand inpatients
 each year. It also provides seven  thousand  four  hundred  free  health
 screenings  a  year  and  sponsors  over  one  hundred community service
 projects annually.
   The legislature further finds that at the height of the pandemic, when
 the city of New York was at the epicenter, the  state  university  down-
 state  medical  center  stepped up as a COVID-only hospital and provided
 life-saving care to the sickest New Yorkers without  any  state  funding
 support.  Serving COVID-only patients exacerbated the existing untenable
 financial situation of the hospital, which in  large  part,  is  due  to

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11427-01-3
              

co-Sponsors

2023-A7546A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6956
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Health, Commissioner of

2023-A7546A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of health to develop a sustainability plan for the state university of New York downstate medical center; provides that such sustainability plan shall not limit or alter the rights of employees pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement.

2023-A7546A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7546--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 25, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM, CHANDLER-WATERMAN, MAMDANI, FORREST,
   SHRESTHA, DAVILA -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Health
   --  recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with Assembly
   Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT in relation to requiring the commissioner of health to develop a
   sustainability plan for the state university  of  New  York  downstate
   medical center
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Legislative  intent.  The  legislature  hereby  finds  and
 declares  that  the state university downstate medical center is a vital
 component of our state's health care  system.  As  one  of  three  state
 hospitals  and  the  only  state hospital in the city of New York, it is
 incumbent upon the state to ensure that this hospital  remains  fiscally
 viable  to  continue  to provide the health care services that the resi-
 dents of central Brooklyn deserve and depend on.  The  state  university
 downstate medical center is one of the state's largest safety-net hospi-
 tals,  which cares for all patients, regardless of their ability to pay.
 It predominantly serves people of color, low income, uninsured, underin-
 sured, undocumented and at-risk individuals who have limited  access  to
 affordable  health  care  and  who are more prone to suffer from serious
 disease and face higher morbidity rates than other patients  across  our
 city  and state. Last year, the hospital had over three hundred thousand
 outpatient visits and has an average  of  fourteen  thousand  inpatients
 each  year.  It  also  provides  seven thousand four hundred free health
 screenings a year  and  sponsors  over  one  hundred  community  service
 projects annually.
   The legislature further finds that at the height of the pandemic, when
 the  city  of  New York was at the epicenter, the state university down-
 state medical center stepped up as a COVID-only  hospital  and  provided

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11427-03-4
              

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