Bill Text: NY S07390 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-14 - REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS [S07390 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S07390-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7390
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 14, 2014
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       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:
    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,
   26  four years for one and three years for one. The  terms  of  the  initial
   27  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.
                                                                  LBD14962-01-4
       S. 7390                             2
    1  the legislature of the county shall be four  years  for  two  and  three
    2  years  for  one.  The terms of the initial voting directors appointed by
    3  the legislature of the county with the approval of the county  executive
    4  shall  be  one  year for three of such directors, two years for three of
    5  such directors and three years for one of such directors.
    6    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.