New York A 10794: Relates to attorneys graduating from law school or who are otherwise eligible to take the New York state bar exam during the COVID-19 state disaster emergency

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A10794 Summary:

BILL NOA10794 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBlumencranz

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Establishes the hospice and palliative care workgroup to study and issue recommendations related to the state of affairs of hospice and palliative care services offered in New York state, utilization metrics of hospice and palliative care services, and effectiveness and accessibility of home hospice and palliative care services; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.

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BILL NOA10794 

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04/01/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10794

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 1, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. BLUMENCRANZ -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Health

 AN ACT directing the commissioner of health to establish a hospice and
 palliative care workgroup to study and issue recommendations related
 to the state of affairs of hospice and palliative care services
 offered in New York state, utilization metrics of hospice and pallia-
 tive care services, and effectiveness and accessibility of home
 hospice and palliative care services; and providing for the repeal of
 such provisions upon expiration thereof

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

 1 Section 1. Hospice and palliative care workgroup. The commissioner of
 2 health shall establish a hospice and palliative care workgroup (referred
 3 to in this section as the "workgroup") within the department of health.
 4 § 2. Definitions. For purposes of this act, the following terms shall
 5 have the following meanings:
 6 1. "Hospice" shall mean a coordinated program of home and in-patient
 7 care which treats the terminally ill patient and family as a unit,
 8 employing an interdisciplinary team acting under the direction of an
 9 autonomous hospice administration. The program provides palliative and
 10 supportive care to meet the special needs arising out of physical,
 11 psychological, spiritual, social, and economic stresses which are expe-
 12 rienced during the final stages of illness, and during dying and
 13 bereavement.
 14 2. "Palliative care" shall mean a health care treatment, including
 15 interdisciplinary end-of-life care, and consultation with patients and
 16 family members, to prevent or relieve pain and suffering and to enhance
 17 the patient's quality of life, including hospice care under article 40
 18 of the public health law.
 19 3. "Geriatrics" is defined as a branch of medicine that focuses on
 20 health promotion, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease and
 21 disability in older adults.
 22 4. "Home care" is defined as a health service provided in the
 23 patient's home to promote, maintain, or restore health or lessen the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08709-01-5

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 1 effects of illness and disability. Services may include nursing care,
 2 speech, physical and occupational therapies, home health aide services,
 3 and personal care services.
 4 § 3. Workgroup membership. 1. Workgroup members shall include:
 5 (a) the commissioner of health, or their designee;
 6 (b) the commissioner of mental health, or their designee;
 7 (c) the commissioner of education, or their designee;
 8 (d) the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disa-
 9 bilities, or their designee;
 10 (e) the director of the office for the aging, or their designee;
 11 (f) the chancellors of the State University of New York and the City
 12 University of New York, or their designees;
 13 (g) representatives of medical schools and hospital organizations;
 14 (h) representatives of medical academies;
 15 (i) patient advocates;
 16 (j) individual representatives of an organization broadly represen-
 17 tative of physicians specializing in hospice and palliative care;
 18 (k) stakeholders, including physicians and medical professionals
 19 specializing in anesthesia, advanced care, cardiology, family medicine,
 20 geri