Bill Text: NY A01942 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Relates to the governance of the Westchester county health care corporation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A01942 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A01942-Introduced.html

---

                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          1942
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 18, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee 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:
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  1 of section 3303 of the
     2  public authorities law, as added by chapter 11 of the laws of  1997,  is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (b)  The  corporation shall be governed by [fifteen] twenty-one voting
     5  directors of which [eight] fourteen directors shall be appointed by  the
     6  governor  and  seven  directors shall be appointed by the legislature of
     7  the county of Westchester subject to approval by the  county  executive.
     8  The  governor  shall  make  appointments  to the corporation as follows:
     9  three directors from a recommendation submitted by the county executive;
    10  three directors from a recommendation submitted by  the  legislature  of
    11  the  county  of  Westchester;  one  director, who shall be a resident of
    12  Westchester county, from a recommendation submitted by  the  speaker  of
    13  the assembly; one director, who shall be a resident of Westchester coun-
    14  ty,  from  a  recommendation submitted by the temporary president of the
    15  senate, and six directors from a recommendation submitted by  the  board
    16  of directors of the corporation based on the need of the corporation for
    17  directors  with  (i)  specific  expertise  related  to  the provision of
    18  healthcare and related services, (ii) regional diversity, and (iii)  the
    19  ability to meet requirements for healthcare provider boards of directors
    20  imposed by regulatory bodies.
    21    The  terms  of  the initial voting directors appointed by the governor
    22  shall be five years for such directors appointed upon recommendation  of
    23  the  temporary  president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly.
    24  The terms of the initial voting directors appointed by the governor upon
    25  the recommendation of the county executive shall be five years for  one,
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04293-01-9
        A. 1942                             2
     1  four  years  for  one  and three years for one. The terms of the initial
     2  voting directors appointed by the governor upon  the  recommendation  of
     3  the  legislature  of  the  county  shall be four years for two and three
     4  years  for  one.  The terms of the initial voting directors appointed by
     5  the legislature of the county with the approval of the county  executive
     6  shall  be  one  year for three of such directors, two years for three of
     7  such directors and three years for one of such directors.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.