Assembly Bill A7505

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to conforming the definition of palliative care throughout the public health law

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A7505 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7504
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§4002 & 4012-b, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A2211, S311
2017-2018: A2723, S789
2019-2020: A1078, S4582

2013-A7505 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to conforming the definition of palliative care under hospice provisions to be the same as under other public health law provisions.

2013-A7505 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7505

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 22, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the definition  of
  palliative care

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Legislative intent. The purpose of this act is  to  conform
the concept of palliative care under article 40 of the public health law
with  that  in sections 2997-c (palliative care patient information) and
2997-d (hospital, nursing home, home care, special needs assisted living
residences and  enhanced  assisted  living  residences  palliative  care
support) of the public health law.
  S  2. Section 4002 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 6 to read as follows:
  6. "PALLIATIVE CARE" MEANS HEALTH CARE TREATMENT, INCLUDING  INTERDIS-
CIPLINARY  END-OF-LIFE  CARE,  CONSULTATION  WITH  PATIENTS  AND  FAMILY
MEMBERS, AND PSYCHOSOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL SUPPORT, TO PREVENT  OR  RELIEVE
PAIN AND SUFFERING AND TO ENHANCE THE PATIENT'S QUALITY OF LIFE.
  S  3. Section 4012-b of the public health law, as added by chapter 195
of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
  S 4012-b. Hospice palliative care [program for persons  with  advanced
and   progressive   disease].   [1.]  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent
provision of this article to the contrary, a hospice may  also  offer  a
program  of  palliative care for patients with advanced [and progressive
disease] LIFE-LIMITING CONDITIONS AND ILLNESSES and their families. Such
a program may be provided by a hospice issued a certificate of  approval
pursuant  to section forty hundred four of this article, acting alone or
under contract with a certified  home  health  agency,  long  term  home
health  care  program,  licensed  home care services agency or AIDS home
care program, as such terms are defined in  section  thirty-six  hundred
two  of  this  chapter.  Nothing  in  this  section  shall  preclude the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11170-01-3

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