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                                   7482
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 28, 2025
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 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the Westches-
   ter county health care corporation
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  1 of section 3303 of the
 public authorities law, as added by chapter 11 of the laws of  1997,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (b)  The  corporation shall be governed by [fifteen] TWENTY-ONE voting
 directors of which [eight] FOURTEEN directors shall be appointed by  the
 governor  and  seven  directors shall be appointed by the legislature of
 the county of Westchester subject to approval by the  county  executive.
 The  governor  shall  make  appointments  to the corporation as follows:
 three directors from a recommendation submitted by the county executive;
 three directors from a recommendation submitted by  the  legislature  of
 the  county  of  Westchester;  one  director, who shall be a resident of
 Westchester county, from a recommendation submitted by  the  speaker  of
 the assembly; one director, who shall be a resident of Westchester coun-
 ty,  from  a  recommendation submitted by the temporary president of the
 senate, AND SIX DIRECTORS FROM A RECOMMENDATION SUBMITTED BY  THE  BOARD
 OF DIRECTORS OF THE CORPORATION BASED ON THE NEED OF THE CORPORATION FOR
 DIRECTORS  WITH  (I)  SPECIFIC  EXPERTISE  RELATED  TO  THE PROVISION OF
 HEALTHCARE AND RELATED SERVICES, (II) REGIONAL DIVERSITY, AND (III)  THE
 ABILITY TO MEET REQUIREMENTS FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER BOARDS OF DIRECTORS
 IMPOSED BY REGULATORY BODIES.
   The  terms  of  the initial voting directors appointed by the governor
 shall be five years for such directors appointed upon recommendation  of
 the  temporary  president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly.
 The terms of the initial voting directors appointed by the governor upon
 the recommendation of the county executive shall be five years for  one,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 four  years  for  one  and three years for one. The terms of the initial
 voting directors appointed by the governor upon  the  recommendation  of
 the  legislature  of  the  county  shall be four years for two and three
 years  for  one.  The terms of the initial voting directors appointed by
 the legislature of the county with the approval of the county  executive
 shall  be  one  year for three of such directors, two years for three of
 such directors and three years for one of such directors.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.