Assembly Bill A7192

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits the establishment, incorporation, construction, or increase in capacity of for-profit nursing homes

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2025-A7192 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1968
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2802-c, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A5842, S5269
2023-2024: A7186, S2929

2025-A7192 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the public health and health planning council and the commissioner of health from approving the establishment, incorporation, construction, or increase in capacity of for-profit nursing homes.

2025-A7192 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7192
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN, MITAYNES, FORREST -- read once
   and referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the establishment,
   incorporation,  construction,  or  increase  in capacity of for-profit
   nursing homes

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2802-c to read as follows:
   § 2802-C. NO ADDITIONAL  OR  EXPANDED  FOR-PROFIT  NURSING  HOMES.  1.
 NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  PROVISION  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  TO THE CONTRARY, THE
 COMMISSIONER AND THE COUNCIL SHALL NOT APPROVE OR TAKE ANY  ACTION  THAT
 WOULD ESTABLISH, INCORPORATE OR APPROVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANY FOR-PRO-
 FIT  NURSING  HOME  OR  INCREASE THE RESIDENT CAPACITY OF ANY FOR-PROFIT
 NURSING HOME.
   2. HOWEVER, WITH RESPECT TO A FACILITY THAT WAS ESTABLISHED,  INCORPO-
 RATED OR APPROVED FOR CONSTRUCTION AS A FOR-PROFIT NURSING HOME PRIOR TO
 THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE OF THIS SECTION, THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BAR FURTHER
 ACTION RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT, INCORPORATION OR  CONSTRUCTION  OF
 THAT FACILITY, PROVIDED THAT THE ACTION DOES NOT APPROVE OR RESULT IN AN
 INCREASE IN THE RESIDENT CAPACITY OF THAT NURSING HOME.
   3.  AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "FOR-PROFIT NURSING HOME" MEANS A NURSING
 HOME OWNED OR OPERATED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY A FOR-PROFIT ENTITY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03420-01-5

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