Allows limited liability companies to operate renal disease diagnostic or treatment centers.

---

A7810-2011 Actions

• Aug 17, 2011: signed chap.492
• Aug 5, 2011: delivered to governor
• Jun 20, 2011: RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 20, 2011: PASSED SENATE
• Jun 20, 2011: 3RD READING CAL.1140
• Jun 20, 2011: SUBSTITUTED FOR S5555
• Jun 15, 2011: REFERRED TO RULES
• Jun 15, 2011: delivered to senate
• Jun 15, 2011: passed assembly
• Jun 15, 2011: ordered to third reading rules cal.286
• Jun 15, 2011: rules report cal.286
• Jun 15, 2011: reported
• Jun 2, 2011: reported referred to rules
• May 17, 2011: referred to health

A7810-2011 Votes

A7810-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                    7810

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  ASSEMBLY

                                May 17, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED  --  read once and referred to the
    Committee on Health

  AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  allowing  limited
    liability  companies  to operate renal disease diagnostic or treatment
    centers

    THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section  1.  Paragraph  (a) of subdivision 15 of section 2801-a of the
  public health law, as amended by section 57 of part A of chapter  58  of
  the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:

    (a) Diagnostic or treatment centers established exclusively to provide
  end  stage  renal  disease  services may be operated by corporations AND
  LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES formed under the  laws  of  New  York  whose
  stockholders  or members, as applicable, are not natural persons if such
  corporations AND LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES and [their]  ITS  principal
  stockholders  and members, as applicable, and controlling persons comply
  with all applicable requirements of this section and demonstrate, to the
  satisfaction of the public health and health  planning  council,  suffi-
  cient  experience  and  expertise  in  delivering high quality end stage
  renal disease care. For purposes of this subdivision, the public  health
  and health planning council shall adopt and amend rules and regulations,
  notwithstanding  any  inconsistent provision of this section, to address
  any matter it deems pertinent to  the  establishment  and  operation  of
  diagnostic  or  treatment centers pursuant to this subdivision; provided
  that such rules and regulations shall include, but  not  be  limited  to
  provisions  governing or relating to: (i) any direct or indirect changes
  or transfers of ownership interests or  voting  rights  in  such  corpo-
  rations  AND  LIMITED  LIABILITY  COMPANIES  or  their  stockholders  or
  members, as applicable, and provide for public health AND  HEALTH  PLAN-
  NING  council approval of any change in controlling interests, principal
  stockholders, PRINCIPAL MEMBERS, controlling persons, parent company  or

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD11575-01-1

 A. 7810                             2

  sponsors;  (ii)  oversight  of  the  operator  and  its  stockholders or
  members, as applicable, including local governance of the diagnostic  or
  treatment  centers;  and  (iii) relating to the character and competence
  and  qualifications of, and changes relating to, the directors, MANAGERS
  and officers of the operator and its principal  stockholders,  PRINCIPAL
  MEMBERS, controlling persons, parent company or sponsors.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.