§ 4014. Hospice residence pilot program. 1. The commissioner is hereby
authorized to establish a hospice residence pilot program. Such program,
subject to the rules and regulations of the commissioner, shall
authorize the operation of not more than ten hospice residences operated
for the purpose of providing more than two hospice patients but not more
than sixteen hospice patients with hospice care. The locations of the
hospice residence pilot program shall be geographically disbursed
throughout the state and approved by the commissioner. To the extent
that patients may access hospital or skilled nursing home care, the care
plan for such patients shall provide for such care.

2. The commissioner shall require each hospice residence participating
in the pilot program established pursuant to this section to submit a
report, which shall include data analyzing the cost and efficiency of
hospice care under such pilot program. On or before December
thirty-first, two thousand seven, the commissioner shall submit a report
to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker
of the assembly analyzing the findings of the individual hospice
residences that participated in the pilot program.