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A08232 Summary:

A08232 Actions:

A08232 Committee Votes:

Committee:HEALTH   Chair:Paulin      
DATE:01/17/2024AYE/NAY:23/0  Action: Favorable         
Paulin
Aye
Jensen
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Byrnes
Aye
Gunther
Aye
Gandolfo
Aye
Rosenthal
Aye
Mikulin
Aye
Hevesi
Excused
Blumencranz
Aye
Steck
Aye
Bendett
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Gray
Aye
Solages
Aye
McGowan
Aye
Bichotte Hermel
Aye
Sayegh
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Reyes
Aye
Gonzalez-Rojas
Excused
Rajkumar
Aye
Forrest
Aye
Kelles
Aye
Lucas
Aye

A08232 Floor Votes:

A08232 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         8232--A
                                                                Cal. No. 232
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    November 6, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. PAULIN, SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Health -- recommitted  to  the  Committee  on  Health  in
          accordance  with  Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- advanced to a third read-
          ing, passed by Assembly and delivered to the Senate, recalled from the
          Senate, vote reconsidered, bill amended, ordered reprinted,  retaining
          its place on the order of third reading
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to expanding eligi-
          bility for appointment to county boards of health and health  services
          advisory boards
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 343 of  the  public  health
     2  law are amended to read as follows:
     3    1.  The  board  of  health  of a county or part-county health district
     4  shall consist of seven members, one of whom shall be  a  member  of  the
     5  board of supervisors, selected by the board of supervisors, and at least
     6  [three]  one of whom shall be [physicians] a physician licensed to prac-
     7  tice in the state of New York, and two of whom  shall  be  a  physician,
     8  nurse  practitioner,  physician  assistant  or  any  combination thereof
     9  licensed to practice in the state of New York, and in addition  thereto,
    10  each  city  which  becomes  a  part  of the county or part-county health
    11  district shall be entitled to one additional  representative  member  on
    12  the board of health.
    13    2.  The  members  of  the  board  of health of a county or part-county
    14  health district shall be residents of the health district or a  resident
    15  of  a  contiguous  county who has a background in a health-related field
    16  and performs other substantial work within the health  district  associ-
    17  ated with their health-related background.
    18    §  2.  Subdivision 1 of section 357 of the public health law, as added
    19  by chapter 55 of the laws of 1974, is amended and a new subdivision 7 is
    20  added to read as follows:
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13441-04-4
        A. 8232--A                          2
 
     1    1. In a county wherein the legislative body constitutes the  board  of
     2  health  of  such  county under and pursuant to the provisions of section
     3  three hundred fifty-six  of  this  [article]  title,  the  county  shall
     4  provide  for the appointment by the board of health of a health services
     5  advisory  board  consisting  of  nine  members. [Two members] One member
     6  shall be [licensed physicians] a physician licensed to practice  in  the
     7  state of New York and one member shall be a physician, nurse practition-
     8  er,  or  physician  assistant  licensed  to practice in the state of New
     9  York.   The remaining members of the board  shall  be  known  as  public
    10  members  and  shall be selected on the basis of their interest and know-
    11  ledge regarding the health needs, resources and facilities of the commu-
    12  nity.
    13    7. Board members shall be residents of the county or a resident  of  a
    14  contiguous  county  who  has  a background in a health-related field and
    15  performs other substantial work within the county associated with  their
    16  health-related background.
    17    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.