S04972 Summary:
| BILL NO | S04972 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | BAILEY |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Add §2832, Pub Health L | |
| Institutes a moratorium on the closure of hospitals during a state of emergency which was declared due to a pandemic. | |
S04972 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4972 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to instituting a moratorium on the closure of hospitals during a pandemic The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2 2832 to read as follows: 3 § 2832. Hospital closure moratorium during pandemics. Notwithstanding 4 any provisions of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the state 5 shall institute a moratorium on the closure of hospitals during any 6 state of emergency declared due to a pandemic. During such moratorium, 7 no hospital shall close or reduce capacity below the hospital's capacity 8 as of the date the moratorium was imposed. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09095-01-5