A 5208 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Requires general hospitals to have a registered professional nurse as a member of the governing entity responsible for developing a general hospital's strategic plan, structure, systems, policies and programs

Summary

Requires general hospitals to have a registered professional nurse as a sitting and voting member of the governing entity responsible for developing a hospital's strategic plan, structure, systems, policies and programs.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 12, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026

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What changed between versions

A5208 → A5208A · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to specifically apply the requirement for a registered professional nurse to 'general hospitals' rather than all hospitals. The legislative status was also updated to reflect that the bill has been amended, discharged from committee, and is being re-referred. These changes narrow the scope of the new nurse representation rule to a specific subset of healthcare facilities.

Scope change

The bill's applicability was narrowed from 'all hospitals' to specifically 'general hospitals'.

SCOPE

The requirement for a registered professional nurse to serve on the governing entity was changed to apply only to 'general hospitals' instead of all hospitals.

TECHNICAL

The bill's procedural status was updated to indicate it has been amended, discharged from committee, and recommitted, and the bill number was updated to A5208-A.

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Committee

Amendments

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO HEALTH

lower

Dec 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 5208A

lower

Dec 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO HEALTH

lower

1 primary · 5 co-sponsors