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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 5705: Relates to establishing hospital-sponsored off campus emergency departments

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

S 5705 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on February 28, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to establishing hospital-sponsored off campus emergency departments. Primary sponsor: James Skoufis (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. 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.

Establishes hospital-sponsored off campus emergency departments as a "hospital"; sets out specific standards for operations, staffing and capacity requirements.

Sponsors

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

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
James SkoufisPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate42
Julia SalazarCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate18

“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. REFERRED TO HEALTH

Sources

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