2012 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 28 - (2800 - 2823) HOSPITALS
2801-G - Community forum on hospital closure.

 
    § 2801-g. Community forum on hospital closure. 1. No later than thirty
  days  after  the  closure  of a general hospital, the commissioner shall
  hold a public community forum for the purpose of obtaining public  input
  concerning  the  anticipated impact of the general hospital's closure on
  access to health care services by members of the surrounding  community,
  including  but not limited to recipients of medical assistance for needy
  persons, the uninsured, and underserved  populations,  and  options  and
  proposals  to ameliorate such anticipated impact. The commissioner shall
  afford community members, health care providers, labor  unions,  payers,
  businesses  and  consumers  a  reasonable  opportunity  to  speak  about
  relevant matters at such community forum.
    2. No later than sixty days after holding a community  forum  pursuant
  to  subdivision  one  of  this  section,  the  commissioner  shall  make
  available  to  the  public  on  the  department's  website   information
  regarding:
    (a) the anticipated impact of the general hospital's closure on access
  to  health  care  services  by  members  of  the  surrounding community,
  including but not limited to recipients of medical assistance for  needy
  persons, the uninsured, and underserved populations;
    (b)  specific  measures the department and other parties have taken or
  will take to ameliorate such anticipated impact; and
    (c) any  further  recommendations  regarding  access  to  health  care
  services in communities impacted by the general hospital's closure.
    3.  A community forum conducted pursuant to this section shall be held
  at a location within a reasonable  proximity  to  the  general  hospital
  subject  to  closure, and shall be announced no less than ten days prior
  to the date of such community forum.