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Senate Bill S789

2017-2018 Legislative Session

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

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2017-S789 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2723
Current Committee:
Senate Health
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
2019-2020: S4582, A1078

2017-S789 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2017-S789 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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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