Requires hospitals to have a registered professional nurse as a sitting and voting member of the governing entity responsible for developing a hospital's strategic plan, structure, systems, policies and programs.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2278
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 16, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. WEBB -- 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 requiring hospi-
tals to have a registered professional nurse as a sitting and voting
member of the governing entity responsible for developing the hospi-
tal's strategic plan, structure, systems, policies and programs
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 2801-a of the public health law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 18 to read as follows:
3 18. All hospitals shall have a registered professional nurse, holding
4 a current unencumbered license from New York state, as a sitting and
5 voting member of the governing entity responsible for developing the
6 hospital's strategic plan, structure, systems, policies and programs.
7 Such board position may be in addition to the maximum number of seats
8 allowed for the governing entity responsible for developing the hospi-
9 tal's strategic plan, structure, systems, policies and programs.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
11 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
12 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
13 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
14 completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03830-01-5
