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A09474 Summary:

BILL NOA09474B
 
SAME ASSAME AS S08381-B
 
SPONSORDarling
 
COSPNSRGriffin
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §3402, Pub Auth L
 
Relates to the membership on the Nassau health care corporation board; provides that the board of directors shall select the chair and the chief executive officer.
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A09474 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         9474--B
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      March 7, 2022
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. DARLING, GRIFFIN -- read once and referred to the
          Committee  on  Corporations,  Authorities and Commissions -- committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee -- again reported from said  committee  with  amend-
          ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to membership on
          the Nassau health care corporation board
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision  1  of  section  3402  of  the
     2  public  authorities  law,  as added by chapter 9 of the laws of 1997, is
     3  amended and a new paragraph (b-1) is added to read as follows:
     4    (b) The corporation  shall  be  governed  by  a  board  of  directors,
     5  consisting of fifteen voting directors, eight of whom shall be appointed
     6  by  the governor as provided in paragraph (c) of this subdivision, three
     7  of whom shall be appointed by the county executive for initial terms  of
     8  two years, and four of whom shall be appointed by the county legislature
     9  for initial terms of three years.
    10    (b-1)  Each voting director should possess a high degree of experience
    11  and knowledge in relevant fields and a high degree of  interest  in  the
    12  corporation.  The  appointment of any voting director to the corporation
    13  shall be based in part on the objective of ensuring that the corporation
    14  includes diverse and beneficial perspectives and experience,  including,
    15  but  not limited to, those of business management, law, finance, medical
    16  and/or other health professionals,  health  sector  workers,    and  the
    17  patient or consumer perspective.
    18    §  2.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 2 of section 3402 of the public
    19  authorities law, as added by chapter 9 of the laws of 1997,  is  amended
    20  to read as follows:
    21    (a)  The  [county executive] board of directors shall by majority vote
    22  designate one of the fifteen voting directors as the chairperson of  the
    23  board.  The chairperson shall preside over all meetings of the board and
    24  shall have such other duties as the voting directors may direct.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14728-06-2

        A. 9474--B                          2
 
     1    § 3. Subdivision 4 of section 3402 of the public authorities  law,  as
     2  added by chapter 9 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
     3    4.  The  board  of  directors shall select the chief executive officer
     4  [subject to the approval of the county executive]  and  shall  determine
     5  the  salary  and  benefits  of the chief executive officer of the corpo-
     6  ration.  The chief executive officer shall serve at the pleasure of  the
     7  board  of  directors provided, however, that removal without cause shall
     8  not prejudice the contract rights, if any, of the chief executive  offi-
     9  cer.
    10    §  4. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that nothing in
    11  this act shall be construed to prohibit an individual from completing  a
    12  term  for which the person was appointed, prior to the effective date of
    13  this section.
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