New York Assembly Bill 8461 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: Vetoed on October 9 2009 - 100% progression
Action: 2009-10-09 - tabled
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

To ensure that the Department of Health engages in adequate planning to minimize the health care impact of a hospital closure upon the surrounding community.

Enacts the "hospital closure planning act"; provides that whenever a general hospital closes, the commissioner of health shall within thirty days of being notified of such closure, hold a public hearing at a location within the geographic area served by such general hospital to solicit testimony concerning the extent to which such closure will result in the reduction or elimination of health care services in the affected community, and options and proposals for replacing or enhancing such health care services through other means in order to meet the needs of residents in the affected community; makes related provisions.

Asm. Jeffrion Aubry [D]	Asm. Ann-Margaret Carrozza [D]	Asm. Barbara Clark [D]	Asm. Vivian Cook [D]
Asm. Michael DenDekker [D]	Sen. Michael Gianaris [D]	Asm. Andrew Hevesi [D]	Asm. Rory Lancman [D]
Asm. Margaret Markey [D]	Asm. Nettie Mayersohn [D]	Asm. Grace Meng [D]	Asm. Catherine Nolan [D]
Sen. Jose Peralta [D]	Asm. Audrey Pheffer [D]	Asm. William Scarborough [D]	Asm. Michele Titus [D]
Asm. David Weprin [D]

2009-09-10 - Senate - Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage (Y: 59 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2009-06-22 - Assembly - Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage (Y: 134 N: 6 NV: 10 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-10-09		tabled
2009-10-09		vetoed memo.78
2009-09-29		delivered to governor
2009-09-10		RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
2009-09-10		PASSED SENATE
2009-09-10		3RD READING CAL.974
2009-09-10		SUBSTITUTED FOR S5802A
2009-06-22		REFERRED TO RULES
2009-06-22		delivered to senate
2009-06-22		passed assembly
2009-06-22		ordered to third reading rules cal.606
2009-06-22		rules report cal.606
2009-06-22		reported
2009-06-19		amend and recommit to rules 8461c
2009-06-10		reported referred to rules
2009-06-08		print number 8461b
2009-06-08		amend and recommit to ways and means
2009-05-27		print number 8461a
2009-05-27		amend and recommit to ways and means
2009-05-27		reported referred to ways and means
2009-05-21		referred to health

S5802-A (Same As) 2009-09-10 - SUBSTITUTED BY A8461C

Type	Source
Summary	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A08461&term=2009&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A08461&term=2009&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A08461C
Roll Call	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A08461&term=2009&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#AF1
Roll Call	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2009/A8461#SF1