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S05893 Summary:

BILL NO	S05893
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	BAILEY
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §2831, Pub Health L
Institutes a moratorium on the closure of hospitals during a state of emergency which was declared due to a pandemic.

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S05893 Actions:

BILL NO	S05893
03/21/2023	REFERRED TO HEALTH
01/03/2024	REFERRED TO HEALTH

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S05893 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5893
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     March 21, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        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  2831 to read as follows:
     3    §  2831. 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.
                                                                   LBD06020-01-3

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