Bill Text: NY A00565 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 565

Introduced

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

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-2)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-23 - advanced to third reading cal.1 [A00565 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A00565-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           565

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PAULIN, SIMON, SEAWRIGHT, HEVESI, ROSENTHAL,
          GONZALEZ-ROJAS, KELLES, SAYEGH,  OTIS,  SHIMSKY,  KIM,  RAGA,  SIMONE,
          TAPIA,  LEVENBERG,  BRABENEC,  MAHER  -- 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:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 4004 of the public health  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (a-1) to read as follows:
     3    (a-1) No hospice shall be approved for establishment, incorporation or
     4  construction  if it is to be operated on a for-profit basis or by a for-
     5  profit entity, in whole or in part. No increase  in  capacity  shall  be
     6  approved for any existing hospice that is operated on a for-profit basis
     7  or  by  a for-profit entity, in whole or in part. This paragraph applies
     8  to any approval on or after the date on which it takes effect.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





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