STATE OF NEW YORK
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9196
IN SENATE
February 13, 2026
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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.
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