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Mar 04, 2014 |
referred to health delivered to senate passed assembly |
Jan 08, 2014 |
ordered to third reading cal.368 returned to assembly died in senate |
Jun 10, 2013 |
referred to health delivered to senate passed assembly |
May 31, 2013 |
advanced to third reading cal.512 |
May 29, 2013 |
reported |
May 22, 2013 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A7505
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GOTTFRIED
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2013-A7505 (ACTIVE) - Details
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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