Senate Bill S7390

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the governance of the Westchester county health care corporation

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

  • 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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2013-S7390 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9602
Current Committee:
Senate Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3303, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A2570
2017-2018: A759
2019-2020: A1942
2021-2022: A1755
2023-2024: A4631

2013-S7390 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the governance of the Westchester county health care corporation.

2013-S7390 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S7390 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7390

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 14, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  BALL  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
  and Commissions

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the Westches-
  ter county health care corporation

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision  1  of  section  3303  of  the
public  authorities  law, as added by chapter 11 of the laws of 1997, is
amended to read as follows:
  (b) The corporation shall be governed by [fifteen]  TWENTY-ONE  voting
directors  of which [eight] FOURTEEN directors shall be appointed by the
governor and seven directors shall be appointed by  the  legislature  of
the  county  of Westchester subject to approval by the county executive.
The governor shall make appointments  to  the  corporation  as  follows:
three directors from a recommendation submitted by the county executive;
three  directors  from  a recommendation submitted by the legislature of
the county of Westchester; one director, who  shall  be  a  resident  of
Westchester  county,  from  a recommendation submitted by the speaker of
the assembly; one director, who shall be a resident of Westchester coun-
ty, from a recommendation submitted by the temporary  president  of  the
senate,  AND  SIX DIRECTORS FROM A RECOMMENDATION SUBMITTED BY THE BOARD
OF DIRECTORS OF THE CORPORATION BASED ON THE NEED OF THE CORPORATION FOR
DIRECTORS WITH (I)  SPECIFIC  EXPERTISE  RELATED  TO  THE  PROVISION  OF
HEALTHCARE  AND RELATED SERVICES, (II) REGIONAL DIVERSITY, AND (III) THE
ABILITY TO MEET REQUIREMENTS FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER BOARDS OF DIRECTORS
IMPOSED BY REGULATORY BODIES.
  The terms of the initial voting directors appointed  by  the  governor
shall  be five years for such directors appointed upon recommendation of
the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of  the  assembly.
The terms of the initial voting directors appointed by the governor upon
the  recommendation of the county executive shall be five years for one,
four years for one and three years for one. The  terms  of  the  initial
voting  directors  appointed  by the governor upon the recommendation of

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

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