Senate Bill S5555

Signed By Governor
2011-2012 Legislative Session

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

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A7810 - Signed by Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-S5555 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7810
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2801-a, Pub Health L

2011-S5555 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2011-S5555 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S5555 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5555

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 1, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- 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  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

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