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N.Y. Senate orders Department of Health report on hospital closures and approves multiple bills
Summary
The New York State Senate on Feb. 25, 2025, approved a bill directing the Department of Health to report on the impact of hospital closures and passed a package of bills amending environmental, public health, penal and education laws and other measures, with roll-call results recorded on the floor.
The New York State Senate on Feb. 25, 2025, approved legislation directing the Department of Health to compile public data on the impact of hospital closures and passed a slate of other measures, senators announced on the floor.
Senator Gonzales, sponsor of the hospital-closure reporting bill (Senate Print 2633), told colleagues the measure aims to make data on community health care access public and to give the Department of Health authority to identify “distressed health care zones” that could be prioritized for funding. “New York's health care system is in crisis,” Gonzales said on the floor, citing recent and historic hospital closures. She said Mount Sinai Beth Israel had announced a March 26 closure and added that better data would clarify “what the impact will be on nearby hospitals and certainly on the communities that are involved.” Gonzales concluded, “I vote enthusiastically in the affirmative.”
The bill Gonzales sponsored directs the Department of Health to complete a report on…
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