2012 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 28 - (2800 - 2823) HOSPITALS
2803-L - Community service plans.

 
    §  2803-l.  Community  service  plans.  1.    The  governing body of a
  voluntary non-profit  general  hospital  must  issue  an  organizational
  mission   statement   identifying  at  a  minimum  the  populations  and
  communities served by the hospital  and  the  hospital's  commitment  to
  meeting the health care needs of the community.
    2. The governing body must at least every three years:
    (i) review and amend as necessary the hospital mission statement;
    (ii)  solicit  the  views of the communities served by the hospital on
  such issues as the hospital's performance and service priorities;
    (iii) demonstrate the hospital's operational and financial  commitment
  to meeting community health care needs, to provide charity care services
  and to improve access to health care services by the underserved; and
    (iv) prepare and make available to the public a statement showing on a
  combined  basis a summary of the financial resources of the hospital and
  related corporations  and  the  allocation  of  available  resources  to
  hospital  purposes  including  the  provision  of free or reduced charge
  services.
    3. The  governing  body  must  at  least  annually  prepare  and  make
  available   to   the  public  an  implementation  report  regarding  the
  hospital's  performance  in  meeting  the  health  care  needs  of   the
  community,  providing  charity  care  services,  and improving access to
  health care services by the underserved.
    4.  The governing body shall file with the  commissioner  its  mission
  statement,  its  annual  implementation report, and at least every three
  years a report detailing amendments  to  the  statement  and  reflecting
  changes  in  the  hospital's  operational  and  financial  commitment to
  meeting the health care needs of the community, providing  charity  care
  services,   and   improving  access  to  health  care  services  by  the
  underserved.