Senate Bill S4256

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Directs the department of health to conduct a study on opening three new veterans nursing homes in New York state and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

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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
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S4256 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4162
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Health
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A9546
2021-2022: A3596

2023-S4256 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of health to conduct a study on opening three new veterans nursing homes in New York state; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.

2023-S4256 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4256 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4256
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 7, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  ASHBY,  OBERACKER,  RHOADS, ROLISON, WEIK -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT to direct the department of health to conduct a study on opening
   three new veterans nursing homes in New York state; and providing  for
   the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 1. (a) The department of health shall conduct  a  study  in
 relation to opening three new veterans nursing homes in New York state.
   (b) Such study shall include, but not be limited to:
   i.  the  best  locations  in New York state to site three new veterans
 nursing homes;
   ii. the staffing requirements for such veterans nursing homes based on
 projected demand for beds in such nursing homes; and
   iii. the costs associated with  opening  three  new  veterans  nursing
 homes.
   2.  On  or  before  one  year from the effective date of this act, the
 department of health shall submit such study to the governor, the tempo-
 rary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly,  all  members
 of  the  senate  committee  on  veterans, homeland security and military
 affairs, and the assembly committee on veterans services.
   3. The department of health may request, and is authorized to receive,
 any information from any state agency that is relevant and  material  to
 the  completion  of such study. Such information received by the depart-
 ment of health  shall be subject to the same requirements for  confiden-
 tiality  and limitations on use, if any, as are applicable to such state
 agency's use of such information.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed one year after such effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06252-01-3

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