New York City’s Department of Homeless Services (DHS) has asked GNYHA to share the attached letter and procedure on DHS’s Code Red (heat emergency) and Code Grey (air quality emergency) plans for homeless individuals living on the street. If an individual experiencing homelessness presents to your hospital emergency department (ED), does not need emergency medical...

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene website now includes a page to update health care providers on this summer’s events, including FIFA World Cup activities and America250. The page provides recommendations and clinical guidelines for various potential public health concerns. It also includes contact information for public health entities in New...

This tool highlights how measles can present across different skin tones, underscoring that rash recognition alone may be challenging. It reinforces the importance of assessing travel history, exposure risk, and vaccination status. The tool is designed to be either 1) printed to be used as flashcards or 2) downloaded and reviewed on a tablet. Listen...

The United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, has vacated the policy implementing the Presidential Proclamation that imposed a $100,000 fee on new petitions for an H-1B visa. The case, State of California, et al. v. Markwayne Mullin et al., was brought by 20 state Attorneys General who argued that the policy implementing the Proclamation...

This quick-reference guide helps teams identify, isolate, and inform early—reducing the risk of measles transmission at first point of contact. Download state-specific inforgraphics: New York New Jersey Connecticut Rhode Island Pennsylvania

The New York State Department of Health (DOH) issued the attached “Dear Administrator Letter (DAL)” outlining a requirement for hospitals to submit community benefit information to DOH by July 1. This is a new requirement enacted as part of the State fiscal year 2025-26 budget. GNYHA, along with the Healthcare Association of New York State...

GNYHA’s toolkit, which is intended to help you prepare your staff for patient inquiries about and requests for MAID, contains: Sample policy tracking the law’s requirements Written request to be completed by the patient Witness declaration Interpreter declaration Template notes for the attending and consulting physicians and mental health professional Attending physician checklist Handout for...

Statements of Support A.10754/S.9488 (Hyndman/Stavisky): Limited Permits for Occupational Therapists A.128-A/S.1804-A (Gonzalez-Rojas/Rivera): Insurance Coverage for Inhalers A.1309/S.5333 (Paulin/Rivera): Community Paramedicine A.183/S.3029 (Rosenthal/Stavisky): Licensure for Genetic Counselors A.1977/S.3805 (Paulin/Hoylman-Sigal): Medicaid Payment for Rapid Whole Genome Sequencing A.203-B/S.5294-B (Cruz/Sepulveda): Hospital Violence Prevention Programs A.957/S.1224 (Paulin/Rivera): School-Based Health Center Managed Care Carve-Out A.1069-A/S.4955-A (Paulin/Harkham): Enhances OMIG’s Audit Standards...

GNYHA submitted the attached comment letter to oppose the US Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed rule that would revise the methodology by which prevailing wage levels are determined for several employer-sponsored visa categories, including H-1B visas. President Donald Trump’s September 19 Presidential Proclamation that imposed a $100,000 fee on employers filing new H-1B petitions also...

To help you better understand the health care provisions in the New York State fiscal year 2027 final budget and GNYHA’s positions, we have developed the attached table. The final budget’s most important health care provisions were major GNYHA priorities—more than $750 million (State share) in general hospital and nursing home investments, the restoration of...