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Assembly Bill A8472

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting the establishment of new for-profit hospices

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2021-A8472 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9387
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4004, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: A6032, S6460
2025-2026: A565, S3437

2021-A8472 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the establishment of new for-profit hospices or increasing the capacity of existing for-profit hospices.

2021-A8472 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8472
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 17, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED, PAULIN, SIMON, SEAWRIGHT, HEVESI,
   GONZALEZ-ROJAS, ENGLEBRIGHT, GALEF -- read once and  referred  to  the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the establishment,
   incorporation,  construction,  or  increase  in capacity of for-profit
   hospice

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 3 of section 4004 of the public health law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (a-1) to read as follows:
   (A-1) NO HOSPICE SHALL BE APPROVED FOR ESTABLISHMENT, INCORPORATION OR
 CONSTRUCTION IF IT IS TO BE OPERATED ON A FOR-PROFIT BASIS OR BY A  FOR-
 PROFIT  ENTITY,  IN  WHOLE  OR IN PART. NO INCREASE IN CAPACITY SHALL BE
 APPROVED FOR ANY EXISTING HOSPICE THAT IS OPERATED ON A FOR-PROFIT BASIS
 OR BY A FOR-PROFIT ENTITY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART. THIS  PARAGRAPH  APPLIES
 TO ANY APPROVAL ON OR AFTER THE DATE ON WHICH IT TAKES EFFECT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13324-01-1

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