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S9196 • 2025

Relates to prohibiting the establishment of new for-profit hospices

Relates to prohibiting the establishment of new for-profit hospices

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Sponsor
Liz Krueger
Last action
2026-06-05
Official status
In Senate Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relates to prohibiting the establishment of new for-profit hospices

Relates to prohibiting the establishment of new for-profit hospices Prohibits the establishment of new for-profit hospices or increasing the capacity of existing for-profit hospices.

What This Bill Does

  • Relates to prohibiting the establishment of new for-profit hospices Prohibits the establishment of new for-profit hospices or increasing the capacity of existing for-profit hospices.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-05 Senate

    COMMITTED TO RULES

  2. 2026-03-19 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  3. 2026-03-18 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  4. 2026-03-17 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.559

  5. 2026-02-13 Senate

    REFERRED TO HEALTH

Official Summary Text

Relates to prohibiting the establishment of new for-profit hospices
Prohibits the establishment of new for-profit hospices or increasing the capacity of existing for-profit hospices.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          9196

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    February 13, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  KRUEGER, FERNANDEZ, LIU, MAY, MAYER, WEBB -- read
          twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  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.
                                                                   LBD02902-01-5