Bill Text: NY A02723 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-19 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [A02723 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A02723-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2723
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 23, 2017
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        Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, SEPULVEDA -- read once and referred 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:
     1    Section  1. Section 4012-b of the public health law, as added by chap-
     2  ter 195 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 4012-b. Hospice palliative care [program for persons  with  advanced
     4  and progressive disease]. 1.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
     5  of  this  article to the contrary, a hospice may also offer a program of
     6  palliative care for patients with  advanced  [and  progressive  disease]
     7  life-limiting  conditions  and  illnesses  and  their  families.  Such a
     8  program may be provided by a hospice issued a  certificate  of  approval
     9  pursuant  to section [forty hundred] four thousand four of this article,
    10  acting alone or under contract with a certified home health agency, long
    11  term home health care program, licensed home  care  services  agency  or
    12  AIDS  home care program, as such terms are defined in section thirty-six
    13  hundred two of this chapter. Nothing in this section shall preclude  the
    14  provision of palliative care by any other health care provider otherwise
    15  authorized to provide such services.
    16    2. For the purposes of this section [the following terms shall mean:
    17    (a) "Advanced and progressive disease" means a medical condition which
    18  is  irreversible and which will continue indefinitely, where there is no
    19  reasonable hope of maintaining life.
    20    (b)] "Palliative care" means the  active,  interdisciplinary  care  of
    21  patients  with  advanced,  life-limiting  illness, focusing on relief of
    22  distressing physical and psychosocial  symptoms  and  meeting  spiritual
    23  needs.  Its goal is achievement of the best quality of life for patients
    24  and families.
    25    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00014-01-7