June 12, 2026 News Headlines

Their Psychiatric High Risk Program helps young people dealing with suicidal thoughts. This specialized treatment focuses on transformative healing and addressing the underlying causes of suicide. Learn more in our Member Spotlight.

The following bills recently passed both houses: 

• EMT staffing requirements, NYC (A.9528/S.8847)
• New York Health Information Privacy Act (A.10357/S.9269)
• Nursing facility transition and diversion Medicaid waiting list (A.10403-A/S.9573)
• Nurse practitioner scope of practice alignment (A.1942/S.3822)
• New York Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act (A.4018-A/S.6983-A)

Please use our State Legislation Tracker to see which bills of interest passed both houses, were signed into law or vetoed during the 2026 session. 

HANYS submitted comments to CMS on the FFY 2027 proposed Inpatient Prospective Payment System rule.

HANYS’ Member Updates this week include messaging on community benefit reporting guidelines and the first round of Rural Health Transformation Program funding. See more updates on our website.

The interim final rule details implementation of new Medicaid work requirements in H.R. 1, which go into effect Jan. 1. HANYS’ Member Update highlights critical aspects of the final rule, including policies that have serious implications for hospitals like provisions related to exemptions from meeting the requirements and changes to the hospital presumptive eligibility process. HANYS will work with members to develop and submit comments by the July 31 deadline.

HANYS News will hit your inbox next on June 26 and publish every other week through Labor Day.

AI Workgroup
June 16

Understanding enhanced barrier precautions
June 17

Antitrust trends in healthcare contracting
June 17

Healthcare decision-making: Empowering patients to plan their care
June 18

Standing membership call on state and federal issues
June 23

Inside CMS’ bold new mandatory model: What CJR-X means for joint replacement care
June 24

HANYS’ Annual Membership Conference
June 24-26

HIT Strategy Group – Peer discussion session
June 25

Using a learning health system to test, improve and scale patient care interventions
July 1