Bill Text: NY A02512 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires that a center for palliative care be established in every borough of New York city.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to health [A02512 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A02512-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2512
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 16, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. CLARK, BOYLAND, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by --
         M. of A. BRENNAN, ROBINSON -- read once and referred to the  Committee
         on Health
       AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring that a
         center for palliative care be established in every borough of New York
         city
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision 4 of section 2807-n of the public health law,
    2  as added by section 63-f of part C of chapter 58 of the laws of 2007, is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    4. Centers for palliative  care  excellence.  The  commissioner  shall
    5  designate  organizations  licensed  pursuant to this article and article
    6  forty of this chapter,  upon  successful  application,  as  centers  for
    7  palliative  care  excellence.  Such designations shall be pursuant to an
    8  application as designed by the department, and based on service,  staff-
    9  ing  and  other  criteria  as  developed by the council. Such centers of
   10  excellence shall provide specialized palliative care, treatment,  educa-
   11  tion  and related services. A CENTER OF PALLIATIVE CARE EXCELLENCE SHALL
   12  BE ESTABLISHED IN EACH OF THE FIVE BOROUGHS OF THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK.
   13  Designation as a center for palliative care excellence shall not entitle
   14  a  center to enhanced reimbursement, but may be utilized in outreach and
   15  other promotional activities.
   16    S 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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