S 7112: Requires health districts be accredited to receive funding from the department of health.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7112 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE April 1, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 requiring health districts be accredited to receive funding from the department of health The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature finds that ensuring 2 high-quality public health services is critical to the well-being of all 3 residents. Accreditation improves accountability, service delivery, and 4 health outcomes by establishing evidence based uniform standards. The 5 legislature recognizes that as the leading national accrediting body for 6 public health in the U.S., the Public Health Accreditation Board 7 supports health departments to improve quality, accountability, and 8 performance. 9 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 201 of the public health law is amended 10 by adding a new paragraph (z) to read as follows: 11 (z) As a condition precedent to receiving funding from the department, 12 the commissioner shall require health districts to register for the 13 public health accreditation board's readiness and training process with- 14 in one year of the effective date of this paragraph and be accredited 15 within four years after the effective date of this paragraph by an 16 accreditation body approved by the commissioner. The commissioner shall 17 be authorized to establish rules and regulations to implement the 18 provisions of this paragraph. 19 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 20 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 21 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 22 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 23 completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10657-02-5