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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 5208: 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

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 5208 is a bill introduced in the New York House on February 12, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: 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. Primary sponsor: Karines Reyes (Democratic). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO HEALTH.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5 · Democratic/Working Families 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Karines ReyesPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse87
Jeffrey DinowitzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Phara Souffrant ForrestCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse57
Andrew HevesiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Jen LunsfordCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse135
Phil SteckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse110

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO HEALTH
  2. PRINT NUMBER 5208A
  3. AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH
  4. REFERRED TO HEALTH

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source