Senate Bill S4582

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

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

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A1078 - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2019-S4582 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1078
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4012-b, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S7504, A7505
2015-2016: S311, A2211
2017-2018: S789, A2723

2019-S4582 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2019-S4582 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S4582 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4582
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- 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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