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S 5036: Requires facilities offering dialysis services to have an alternate generated power source for use during a general power outage or disaster emergency; provides exemptions.
What S 5036 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill requires all dialysis centers to have an alternate power source. This means that the centers must be able to provide electricity to operate necessary equipment during a power outage or disaster emergency. The alternate power source must be capable of providing electricity independently of the local electric utility distribution system. The provision does not apply to patients' homes or other locations where the primary purpose is not to provide healthcare. The bill takes effect 180 days after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 5036
- What is the current status of S 5036?
- As of January 8, 2026, S 5036 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS".
- Did S 5036 pass?
- Not yet. S 5036 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 5036, and where is it now?
- S 5036 was authored by Sen. Luis Sepúlveda with 2 coauthors. Its committee of record is Senate Veterans, Homeland Security & Military Affairs.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS |
| Jun. 13, 2025 | COMMITTED TO RULES |
| Jun. 04, 2025 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING |
| May. 29, 2025 | 2ND REPORT CAL. |
| May. 28, 2025 | 1ST REPORT CAL.1369 |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 18, 2025 · 292 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5036 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 18, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, COMRIE, SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veter- ans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to dialysis center disas- ter preparedness plans The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 23-d 2 to read as follows: 3 § 23-d. Facilities offering dialysis services. All facilities offering 4 dialysis services shall have an alternate power source. For the purposes 5 of this section "alternate power source" means equipment that is capable 6 of providing adequate electricity to operate all equipment necessary to 7 provide individuals with dialysis services which can operate independent 8 of the local electric utility distribution system and provide electric- 9 ity during a general power outage or disaster emergency declared pursu- 10 ant to section twenty-eight of this article. The provisions of this 11 section shall not be construed to apply to a patient's home or other 12 location where the primary purpose of that location is not to provide 13 health care, including a training location that trains patients on dial- 14 ysis therapies intended to be conducted primarily by one's self in 15 their own home or other location. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 17 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09270-01-5
Text of S 5036 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions