N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-l: Community service plans

§ 2803-l. Community service plans. 1. The governing body of a

voluntary non-profit general hospital must issue an organizational

mission statement identifying at a minimum the populations and

communities served by the hospital and the hospital's commitment to

meeting the health care needs of the community.

2. The governing body must at least every three years:

(i) review and amend as necessary the hospital mission statement;

(ii) solicit the views of the communities served by the hospital on

such issues as the hospital's performance and service priorities;

(iii) demonstrate the hospital's operational and financial commitment

to meeting community health care needs, to provide charity care services

and to improve access to health care services by the underserved; and

(iv) prepare and make available to the public a statement showing on a

combined basis a summary of the financial resources of the hospital and

related corporations and the allocation of available resources to

hospital purposes including the provision of free or reduced charge

services.

3. The governing body must at least annually prepare and make

available to the public an implementation report regarding the

hospital's performance in meeting the health care needs of the

community, providing charity care services, and improving access to

health care services by the underserved.

4. The governing body shall file with the commissioner its mission

statement, its annual implementation report, and at least every three

years a report detailing amendments to the statement and reflecting

changes in the hospital's operational and financial commitment to

meeting the health care needs of the community, providing charity care

services, and improving access to health care services by the

underserved.