Assembly Bill A7650

Signed By Governor
2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to permitting a hospice to employ and enter into contracts with licensed healthcare professionals

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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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2011-A7650 - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§4002 & 4008, Pub Health L

2011-A7650 - Summary

Relates to permitting a hospice to employ and enter into contracts with licensed healthcare providers; defines "terminally ill".

2011-A7650 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7650

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 12, 2011
                               ___________

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  permitting  a
  hospice  to  employ  and enter into contracts with licensed healthcare
  providers

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

  Section  1. Section 4002 of the public health law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
  5. "TERMINALLY ILL" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL HAS A MEDICAL  PROGNOSIS  THAT
THE  INDIVIDUAL'S  LIFE  EXPECTANCY IS APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR OR LESS IF
THE ILLNESS RUNS ITS NORMAL COURSE.
  S 2. Subdivision 3 of section 4008 of the public health law, as  added
by chapter 416 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
  3. Subject to the provisions of this section and section four thousand
ten  of this article, contractual agreements between a hospice and other
providers of other care and services shall  not  be  prohibited,  AND  A
HOSPICE  MAY EMPLOY AND ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH ANY LAWFUL COMBINATION
OF LICENSED HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS IN RELATION TO SERVICES PROVIDED BY
THE HOSPICE UNDER THIS ARTICLE, provided that the hospice maintains full
responsibility for  the  planning,  coordination  and  quality  of  such
services  and  the  adherence  to  the  plan of care established for the
patients.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11100-01-1

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2011-A7650A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§4002 & 4008, Pub Health L

2011-A7650A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to permitting a hospice to employ and enter into contracts with licensed healthcare providers; defines "terminally ill".

2011-A7650A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 7650--A
                                                        Cal. No. 488

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 12, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, BING -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Health -- reported from committee, advanced  to  a  third
  reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted, retaining its place on the
  order of third reading

AN ACT to amend the public health  law,  in  relation  to  permitting  a
  hospice  to  employ  and enter into contracts with licensed healthcare
  professionals

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

  Section  1. Section 4002 of the public health law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
  5. "TERMINALLY ILL" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL HAS A MEDICAL  PROGNOSIS  THAT
THE  INDIVIDUAL'S  LIFE  EXPECTANCY IS APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR OR LESS IF
THE ILLNESS RUNS ITS NORMAL COURSE.
  S 2. Subdivision 3 of section 4008 of the public health law, as  added
by chapter 416 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
  3. Subject to the provisions of this section and section four thousand
ten  of this article, contractual agreements between a hospice and other
providers of other care and services shall  not  be  prohibited,  AND  A
HOSPICE MAY EMPLOY AND ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH ANY LICENSED HEALTHCARE
PROFESSIONAL  OR  ANY LAWFUL COMBINATION THEREOF IN RELATION TO SERVICES
PROVIDED BY THE HOSPICE UNDER THIS ARTICLE, provided  that  the  hospice
maintains full responsibility for the planning, coordination and quality
of  such  services and the adherence to the plan of care established for
the patients.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11100-02-1

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