New York S 9323: Establishes pediatric palliative care centers

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S09323 Summary:

BILL NOS09323 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORMARTINEZ

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COSPNSRADDABBO, BYNOE, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, CHAN, FAHY, GALLIVAN, MARTINS, MATTERA, MYRIE, PALUMBO,
 RHOADS, RYAN C, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, SEPULVEDA

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §2801-I, amd §2807, Pub Health L

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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.

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BILL NOS09323 

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02/27/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9323

 IN SENATE

 February 27, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. MARTINEZ -- 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 establishing
 pediatric palliative care homes that would fall under the category of
 residential care facilities

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known as "pediatric pallia-
 2 tive care act".
 3 § 2. The public health law is amended by adding new section 2801-I to
 4 read as follows:
 5 § 2801-I. Pediatric palliative care centers. 1. For the purposes of
 6 this section, "pediatric palliative care patient" means an individual
 7 who:
 8 (a) is under twenty-one years of age;
 9 (b) has been diagnosed with a chronic, complex, life-threatening
 10 illness that is expected to shorten the individual's life expectancy;
 11 and
 12 (c) is not expected to survive past twenty-one years of age.
 13 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall
 14 establish a special classification within the residential care facility
 15 category to allow for the operation of residential care facilities which
 16 have the primary purpose of serving pediatric palliative care patients
 17 and that only provides respite care services and the services of a
 18 hospice program as defined in article forty of this chapter. A facility
 19 within the special classification established pursuant to this subdivi-
 20 sion shall be exempt from the requirements of section four thousand four
 21 of this chapter. The department shall adopt rules and regulations which
 22 shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
 23 (a) A residential care facility within the special classification
 24 established pursuant to this subsection shall be referred to as a pedia-
 25 tric palliative care center.
 26 (b) A licensed residential care facility within the special classi-
 27 fication established pursuant to this section shall be eligible for

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14516-01-6

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 1 funding available to hospice programs licensed under article forty of
 2 this chapter, licensed residential care facilities that treat individ-
 3 uals with an illness or disability, including but not limited to funding
 4 from the federal social services block grant, the state supplementary
 5 assistance program, the hospice respite benefit, home and community
 6 based services waivers, any funding source for the care of children with
 7 medical fragility, and any benefit a nursing facility may be eligible
 8 for related to respite care services.
 9 § 3. Section 2807 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
 10 subdivision 22 to read as follows:
 11 22. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to
 12 the contrary, and subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this
 13 subdivision and to the availability of federal financial participation,
 14 the commissioner shall establish or approve an enhanced rate methodology
 15 for pediatric palliative care centers established pursuant to section
 16 two thousand eight hundred one-I of this article, for the purpo