STATE OF NEW YORK
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IN ASSEMBLY
February 2, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- 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.
LBD02902-01-5
