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NY S09323
Bill
Status
2/27/2026
Primary Sponsor
Monica Martinez
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AI Summary
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Creates a new "pediatric palliative care center" classification within residential care facilities for patients under 21 with chronic, life-threatening illnesses who are not expected to survive past age 21
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Limits these centers to providing only respite care services and hospice program services, exempting them from certain standard residential care facility requirements
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Makes pediatric palliative care centers eligible for multiple funding sources including federal social services block grants, state supplementary assistance, hospice respite benefits, and home and community-based services waivers
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Requires the Health Commissioner to establish an enhanced reimbursement rate methodology for these centers, contingent on federal financial participation
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Takes effect 120 days after becoming law, with immediate authority to develop necessary regulations
Legislative Description
Enacts the "pediatric palliative care act" to establish pediatric palliative care centers to provide palliative care to individuals who are under twenty-one years of age, have been diagnosed with a chronic, complex, life-threatening illness that is expected to shorten their life expectancy, and is not expected to survive past twenty-one years of age.
Last Action
REFERRED TO HEALTH
2/27/2026