S 5742: Establishes an age-friendly health system technical assistance center to provide assistance in relation to age-friendly health systems; relates to hospital performance data.
What S 5742 does, verified July 2, 2025
The Age-Friendly Health System Enhancement Act establishes a center for technical assistance in relation to age-friendly health systems in conjunction with the Office for the Aging. The law requires hospitals to report their performance data, and the Department will designate hospitals with expertise and technology in various care areas such as stroke centers, trauma centers, and age-friendly designated hospitals. The act takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
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3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
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Last action: SUBSTITUTED BY A1988B (2025-06-13)Alert me
Quick answers about S 5742
- What is the current status of S 5742?
- As of July 2, 2025, S 5742 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on June 13, 2025, was "SUBSTITUTED BY A1988B".
- Did S 5742 pass?
- Not yet. S 5742 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 5742, and where is it now?
- S 5742 was authored by Sen. Cordell Cleare with 1 coauthor. It is filed under PBH, alongside 184 other New York PBH bills this session.
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| Jun. 13, 2025 | SUBSTITUTED BY A1988B |
| Jun. 12, 2025 | ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1983 |
| Jun. 12, 2025 | COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES |
| Jun. 02, 2025 | PRINT NUMBER 5742A |
| Jun. 02, 2025 | AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 28, 2025 · 323 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5742 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 28, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing a center for technical assistance relating to age-friendly health systems; and in relation to hospital performance data The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "age- 2 friendly health system enhancement act". 3 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 206 of the public health law is amended 4 by adding a new paragraph (x) to read as follows: 5 (x) establish, in conjunction with the office for the aging, a center 6 for technical assistance in relation to age-friendly health systems. 7 Such center shall be a public-private entity and shall utilize outside 8 entities including but not limited to the Institute for Healthcare 9 Improvement. 10 § 3. The section heading of section 2995-b of the public health law, 11 as added by chapter 542 of the laws of 2000, is amended and a new subdi- 12 vision 4 is added to read as follows: 13 Hospital [report cards] performance data. 14 4. Special designations. Using criteria developed from data collected 15 pursuant to this section and other criteria, the department shall desig- 16 nate hospitals that are well equipped in terms of expertise and technol- 17 ogy to provide certain types of care including stroke centers, trauma 18 centers, regional perinatal centers, burn centers, sexual assault foren- 19 sic examiner (SAFE) programs and age-friendly designated hospitals. 20 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05181-03-5
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