Senate Bill S5506A

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to permitting all beds in hospice residences to be dually certified as both hospice and in-patient beds

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  • 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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2021-S5506 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4594
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4002, Pub Health L

2021-S5506 - Summary

Permits up to one hundred percent of beds in hospice residences to be dually certified as both hospice and in-patient beds.

2021-S5506 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S5506 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5506
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 9, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- 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 hospice  residence
   in-patient beds
 
   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  205 of the laws of 2017, 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 sixteen
 hospice patients with hospice care, which may include  dually  certified
 hospice  in-patient beds up to [twenty-five percent of the hospice resi-
 dence's patient capacity, or up to fifty] ONE  HUNDRED  percent  of  the
 hospice residence's patient capacity with the commissioner's approval.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00560-01-1

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2021-S5506A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4594
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4002, Pub Health L

2021-S5506A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits up to one hundred percent of beds in hospice residences to be dually certified as both hospice and in-patient beds.

2021-S5506A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S5506A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5506--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 9, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. HINCHEY, BORRELLO, MARTUCCI, SKOUFIS -- 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 hospice residence
   in-patient beds

   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 205 of the laws of 2017, 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  sixteen
 hospice  patients  with hospice care, which may include dually certified
 hospice in-patient beds up to [twenty-five percent of the hospice  resi-
 dence's  patient  capacity,  or  up to fifty] ONE HUNDRED percent of the
 hospice residence's patient capacity [with the commissioner's approval].
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00560-03-1

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