Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Nov 13, 2013 |
signed chap.512 |
Nov 01, 2013 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 17, 2013 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.282 substituted for a7758 |
Jun 13, 2013 |
referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 12, 2013 |
advanced to third reading |
Jun 11, 2013 |
2nd report cal. |
Jun 10, 2013 |
1st report cal.1171 |
May 31, 2013 |
print number 5534a |
May 31, 2013 |
amend and recommit to health |
May 16, 2013 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S5534
Signed By Governor2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- 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
Votes
Bill Amendments
2013-S5534 - Details
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§4002 & 4014, Pub Health L
2013-S5534 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5534 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing hospice residences to care for up to 16 patients PURPOSE: The bill would allow hospice residences to have up to sixteen beds of which up to four per each sixteen bed residence would be allowed to be dually-certified as residential and inpatient hospice beds. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill amends § 4002 of the Public Health Law (PHL) to increase the currently allowable beds in a hospice residence from eight to sixteen beds and to permit hospice residences to have up to four beds per each sixteen bed residence dually-certified as residential and inpatient hospice beds. Section two amends PHL § 4014 to clarify that hospice residences under the pilot program may also have up to four dual beds. Section three provides the effective date. JUSTIFICATION: Chapter 532 of 1995 authorized the establishment of hospice residences which provide interdisciplinary end-of-life care to hospice-eligible individuals. However, this law limited the number of
2013-S5534 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5534 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 16, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- 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 authorizing hospice residences to care for up to 16 patients THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2-b of section 4002 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 154 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows: 2-b. "Hospice residence" means a hospice operated home which is resi- dential in character and physical structure and operated for the purpose of providing more than two hospice patients but not more than [eight] SIXTEEN hospice patients with hospice care, which may include UP TO FOUR dually certified hospice in-patient beds PER EACH SIXTEEN BED RESIDENCE. S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 4014 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 410 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows: 1. The commissioner is hereby authorized to establish a hospice resi- dence 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[, notwithstand- ing the provisions of subdivision two-b of section four thousand two of this article,] more than two hospice patients but not more than sixteen hospice patients with hospice care AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION TWO-B OF SECTION FOUR THOUSAND TWO OF THIS ARTICLE. 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. S 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, that the amendments to sections 4002 and 4014 of the public health law made by sections one and two of this act shall apply to hospice residences established prior to the effective date of this act as well as those created thereafter.
co-Sponsors
(R, C) Senate District
2013-S5534A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§4002 & 4014, Pub Health L
2013-S5534A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5534A TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing hospice residences to care for up to 16 patients PURPOSE: The bill would allow hospice residences to have up to sixteen beds of which up to four per each sixteen bed residence would be allowed to be dually-certified as residential and inpatient hospice beds. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill amends § 4002 of the Public Health Law (PHL) to increase the currently allowable beds in a hospice residence from eight to sixteen beds and to permit hospice residences to have up to 25% dually-certified as residential and inpatient hospice beds. Section two amends PHL § 4014 to clarify that hospice residences under the pilot program may also have up to 25% dual beds. Section three provides the effective date. JUSTIFICATION: Chapter 532 of 1995 authorized the establishment of hospice residences which provide interdisciplinary end-of-life care to hospice-eligible individuals. However, this law limited the number of allowable beds to eight. In 2003, a hospice residence pilot project
2013-S5534A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5534--A 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 16, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing hospice residences to care for up to 16 patients THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2-b of section 4002 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 154 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows: 2-b. "Hospice residence" means a hospice operated home which is resi- dential in character and physical structure and operated for the purpose of providing more than two hospice patients but not more than [eight] SIXTEEN hospice patients with hospice care, which may include dually certified hospice in-patient beds UP TO TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE HOSPICE RESIDENCE'S PATIENT CAPACITY. S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 4014 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 410 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows: 1. The commissioner is hereby authorized to establish a hospice resi- dence 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[, notwithstand- ing the provisions of subdivision two-b of section four thousand two of this article,] more than two hospice patients but not more than sixteen hospice patients with hospice care. The locations of the hospice resi- dence 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. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11129-02-3
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