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Assembly Bill A10310B

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires residential health care facilities to maintain hospice agreements to ensure access to hospice services for eligible residents

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2025-A10310 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9620
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2808-g, Pub Health L

2025-A10310 - Summary

Requires residential health care facilities to maintain hospice agreements to ensure access to hospice services for eligible residents.

2025-A10310 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10310
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 20, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring residen-
   tial  health  care facilities to maintain hospice agreements to ensure
   access to hospice services for eligible residents
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 2808 of the public health law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 28 to read as follows:
   28. (A) EACH RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY  SHALL  ENTER  INTO  AND
 MAINTAIN  ONE  OR MORE WRITTEN AGREEMENTS WITH HOSPICE PROGRAMS LICENSED
 PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FORTY OF THIS CHAPTER TO ENSURE  ACCESS  TO  HOSPICE
 SERVICES  FOR RESIDENTS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR AND ELECT THE HOSPICE BENE-
 FIT.
   (B) SUCH AGREEMENTS SHALL PROVIDE FOR COORDINATION OF CARE BETWEEN THE
 RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY AND THE HOSPICE PROGRAM AND SHALL, AT A
 MINIMUM, ADDRESS:
   (I) TIMELY HOSPICE EVALUATION AND REFERRAL;
   (II) ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF FACILITY STAFF AND HOSPICE  PERSON-
 NEL;
   (III) INTERDISCIPLINARY CARE PLANNING AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT;
   (IV) MEDICATION MANAGEMENT AND CLINICAL OVERSIGHT;
   (V) AFTER-HOURS COMMUNICATION AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE; AND
   (VI) DOCUMENTATION AND INFORMATION SHARING, CONSISTENT WITH APPLICABLE
 LAW.
   (C)  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO
 RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE  FACILITIES  AND  HOSPICE  PROGRAMS  TO  SUPPORT
 IMPLEMENTATION  OF THIS SUBDIVISION, INCLUDING MODEL CONTRACT PROVISIONS
 AND BEST PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS.
   (D) FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBDIVISION  SHALL
 CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION SUBJECT TO ENFORCEMENT PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.
   (E) TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL SEEK ANY FEDERAL APPROVALS REQUIRED.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14724-01-6

co-Sponsors

2025-A10310A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9620
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2808-g, Pub Health L

2025-A10310A - Summary

Requires residential health care facilities to maintain hospice agreements to ensure access to hospice services for eligible residents.

2025-A10310A - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10310--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 20, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, HEVESI, KELLES -- read once and referred
   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 requiring residen-
   tial  health  care facilities to maintain hospice agreements to ensure
   access to hospice services for eligible residents

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.   The public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2808-g to read as follows:
   § 2808-G. RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY  HOSPICE  AGREEMENTS.    1.
 EACH  RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY SHALL ENTER INTO AND MAINTAIN ONE
 OR MORE WRITTEN AGREEMENTS WITH HOSPICE PROGRAMS  LICENSED  PURSUANT  TO
 ARTICLE  FORTY  OF THIS CHAPTER TO ENSURE ACCESS TO HOSPICE SERVICES FOR
 RESIDENTS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR AND ELECT THE HOSPICE BENEFIT.
   2. SUCH AGREEMENTS SHALL PROVIDE FOR COORDINATION OF CARE BETWEEN  THE
 RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY AND THE HOSPICE PROGRAM AND SHALL, AT A
 MINIMUM, ADDRESS:
   (A) TIMELY HOSPICE EVALUATION AND REFERRAL;
   (B)  ROLES  AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF FACILITY STAFF AND HOSPICE PERSON-
 NEL;
   (C) INTERDISCIPLINARY CARE PLANNING AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT;
   (D) MEDICATION MANAGEMENT AND CLINICAL OVERSIGHT;
   (E) AFTER-HOURS COMMUNICATION AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE; AND
   (F) DOCUMENTATION AND INFORMATION SHARING, CONSISTENT WITH  APPLICABLE
 LAW.
   3.  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO
 RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE  FACILITIES  AND  HOSPICE  PROGRAMS  TO  SUPPORT
 IMPLEMENTATION  OF THIS SECTION, INCLUDING MODEL CONTRACT PROVISIONS AND
 BEST PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS.
   4. TO THE  EXTENT  NECESSARY  TO  IMPLEMENT  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS
 SECTION, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL SEEK ANY FEDERAL APPROVALS REQUIRED.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take effect on the one hundredth day after it
 shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amendment
 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
 of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.

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2025-A10310B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9620
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2808-g, Pub Health L

2025-A10310B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires residential health care facilities to maintain hospice agreements to ensure access to hospice services for eligible residents.

2025-A10310B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10310--B
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 20, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, HEVESI, KELLES -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Health  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered  reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted to said committee --
   reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring residen-
   tial  health  care facilities to maintain hospice agreements to ensure
   access to hospice services for eligible residents
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.   The public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2808-g to read as follows:
   § 2808-G. RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY  HOSPICE  AGREEMENTS.    1.
 EACH  RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY SHALL ENTER INTO AND MAINTAIN ONE
 OR MORE WRITTEN AGREEMENTS WITH HOSPICE PROGRAMS  LICENSED  PURSUANT  TO
 ARTICLE  FORTY  OF THIS CHAPTER TO ENSURE ACCESS TO HOSPICE SERVICES FOR
 RESIDENTS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR AND ELECT THE HOSPICE BENEFIT.
   2. SUCH AGREEMENTS SHALL PROVIDE FOR COORDINATION OF CARE BETWEEN  THE
 RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY AND THE HOSPICE PROGRAM AND SHALL, AT A
 MINIMUM, ADDRESS:
   (A) TIMELY HOSPICE EVALUATION AND REFERRAL;
   (B)  ROLES  AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF FACILITY STAFF AND HOSPICE PERSON-
 NEL;
   (C) INTERDISCIPLINARY CARE PLANNING AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT;
   (D) MEDICATION MANAGEMENT AND CLINICAL OVERSIGHT;
   (E) AFTER-HOURS COMMUNICATION AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE; AND
   (F) DOCUMENTATION AND INFORMATION SHARING, CONSISTENT WITH  APPLICABLE
 LAW.
   3.  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO
 RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE  FACILITIES  AND  HOSPICE  PROGRAMS  TO  SUPPORT
 IMPLEMENTATION  OF THIS SECTION, INCLUDING MODEL CONTRACT PROVISIONS AND
 BEST PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14724-04-6

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