What's happening
The bill increases the allowed percentage of dually certified hospice inpatient beds in hospice residences from 25% to up to 50% with approval.
Why it matters
Expands care flexibility. for hospice residences, allowing them to serve more patients with complex needs by increasing the cap on dually certified inpatient beds, which can provide a higher level of medical care than standard hospice beds.
Addresses regional capacity issues. , particularly in areas where access to inpatient hospice care is limited, potentially reducing unnecessary hospitalizations and enabling more residents to remain in a hospice setting.
Requires oversight and approval. from the health commissioner for expansions beyond 25%, ensuring that increases to up to 50% of dually certified beds are subject to regulatory review for quality and appropriateness.
May enhance end-of-life options. for families seeking both residential and inpatient-level care in a single facility, supporting patient preferences and continuity of care.
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Expand Hospice Bed Limits
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History
- Signed chap.205
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- 3rd reading cal.2173
- Substituted for S6364
- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Advanced to third reading cal.572
- Reported
- Print number 7775a
Show 2 earlier actions
- Amend (t) and recommit to health
- Referred to health
Companion bill
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Expand Hospice Bed Limits
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Kemp Hannon
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7775--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 15, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, LUPARDO -- 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 the authorized capacity of hospice residences of dually certified hospice inpatient beds
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 2-b of section 4002 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 512 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
2-b. "Hospice residence" means a hospice operated home which is residential 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 residence's patient capacity, or up to fifty 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.
LBD11444-03-7
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