New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York A11547: Relates to the staffing and operations of a cancer research institute and a related not-for-profit corporation
Status: Signed into law, June 26, 2026
Transfers the Buffalo Division of Health Research, Inc. to the Roswell Park Cancer Research Corporation.
What the bill says
An act to amend the state finance law, in relation to the staffing and operations of a cancer research institute and a related not-for-profit corporation.
From the introduced text, June 1, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the staffing and operations of a cancer research institute and a related not-for-profit corporation THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. In 1898, Dr. Roswell Park founded the first institution in the world to focus exclusively on cancer research. More than one hundred twenty years later, as the entity that was once an arm of the New York state department of health ("DOH") but is now a state public benefit corporation, Roswell Park Cancer Institute ("RPCI") continues to be a model for cancer research centers around the world. In fact, RPCI is one of the country's premier national cancer institute ("NCI") designated cancer centers, and one of only two in the entire state. The state has a paramount interest in ensuring the continuation of RPCI's medical research, and the implementation of best practices to support that research, as well as the protection of the employees who provide those services. The legislature finds that RPCI, in collaboration with organized labor and other interested not-for-profit corporations, has the opportunity to implement a more efficient and effective practice to grant administration and management. The Health Research, Inc. ("HRI") was first formed in 1953 to exclusively serve …
Sponsors
- Crystal Peoples-Stokes (D, 141) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : SIGNED CHAP.156
- : DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
- : RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- : PASSED SENATE
- : 3RD READING CAL.1779
- : SUBSTITUTED FOR S10628
- : REFERRED TO RULES
- : DELIVERED TO SENATE
- : PASSED ASSEMBLY
- : ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.462
Votes
- Senate Floor Vote (June 4, 2026): 60 yea, 0 nay, passed
- FLOOR Vote (June 4, 2026): 60 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules (June 3, 2026): 32 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable (June 3, 2026): 29 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: State Finance Law
Common questions
- What is A11547?
- A11547 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Relates to the staffing and operations of a cancer research institute and a related not-for-profit corporation.
- What does A11547 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the state finance law, in relation to the staffing and operations of a cancer research institute and a related not-for-profit corporation.
- What is the status of A11547?
- Signed into law as of June 26, 2026. Latest action: SIGNED CHAP.156 (June 26, 2026).
- Who sponsored A11547?
- Crystal Peoples-Stokes (D, 141).
- Where is the official record for A11547?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A11547
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