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Senate Bill S789
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
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
co-Sponsors
(D) 32nd Senate District
2017-S789 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S789 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S789 REVISED 05/09/2017 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public health law, in relation to the definition of palliative care PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : Add a definition for and update other references to palliative care in the hospice law. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : The bill deletes the definition of palliative care in Section 4012-b which is selectively applicable to services for patients with life-limiting as opposed to life-ending illness, and makes other technical revisions so that the new definition in Subdivision 6 of Section 4002 will apply to Article Forty as a whole. JUSTIFICATION : In 2002, Section 4012-b was enacted to enable hospices to provide palliative care to patients not at end-of-life. However, the inconsistent definitions between hospice statute and palliative care statutes have led to confusion and could potentially limit access.
2017-S789 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 789 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 4, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ALCANTARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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. Section 4012-b of the public health law, as added by chap- ter 195 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows: § 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 THOUSAND 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 provision of palliative care by any other health care provider otherwise authorized to provide such services. 2. For the purposes of this section [the following terms shall mean: (a) "Advanced and progressive disease" means a medical condition which is irreversible and which will continue indefinitely, where there is no reasonable hope of maintaining life. (b)] "Palliative care" means the active, interdisciplinary care of patients with advanced, life-limiting illness, focusing on relief of distressing physical and psychosocial symptoms and meeting spiritual needs. Its goal is achievement of the best quality of life for patients and families. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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