New York A 10477: Establishes a statewide advance care planning public awareness campaign and a community based advance care planning outreach grant program; appropriation

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A10477 Summary:

BILL NOA10477 

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SAME ASSAME AS S09613

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SPONSORCruz

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COSPNSRHevesi, Kelles, Davila, Taylor, Rivera

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §207, Pub Health L

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Establishes a statewide advance care planning public awareness campaign and a community based advance care planning outreach grant program to fund not-for-profit community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, immigrant-serving organizations, senior-serving agencies, housing-based organizations, and other trusted community partners to conduct advance care planning education, outreach, and navigation.

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BILL NOA10477 

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03/06/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10477

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 6, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. CRUZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the statewide
 advance care planning public awareness campaign and to establish a
 community-based advance care planning outreach grant program; and
 making an appropriation therefore

 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 and may be cited as
 2 the "Serious Illness Care Equity Act".
 3 § 2. Legislative findings and purpose. The legislature finds that
 4 advance care planning is essential to ensuring that individuals with
 5 serious illness receive care aligned with their values, preferences, and
 6 goals. Although chapter 406 of the laws of 2022 authorized a statewide
 7 advance care planning public awareness campaign, such a campaign has
 8 neither been funded nor implemented. The purpose of this act is to oper-
 9 ationalize that authority, expand equitable access to advance care plan-
 10 ning education, and establish a community-based outreach grant program
 11 to address persistent racial, cultural, and linguistic disparities.
 12 § 3. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public
 13 health law, as amended by chapter 406 of the laws of 2022, is amended
 14 and a new paragraph (e-1) is added to read as follows:
 15 (e) (i) The commissioner shall establish a statewide advance care
 16 planning campaign to:
 17 [(i)] (1) promote public awareness of hospice and palliative care
 18 services[;], and palliative care options for patients with a terminal
 19 illness or condition;
 20 [(ii)] (2) inform the public of the importance of advance care plan-
 21 ning and the individual's right to direct and participate in health care
 22 decisions affecting the individual;
 23 [(iii)] (3) educate individuals on the tools available to ensure their
 24 health care decisions are honored; and
 25 [(iv)] (4) highlight the need and importance for consumers and
 26 patients to have an advance directive, particularly a health care proxy,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14727-02-6

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 1 and the need and importance for health care providers to play a leader-
 2 ship role in discussing end-of-life care preferences and values with
 3 patients and to provide patients with health care proxy forms.
 4 (ii) The department shall implement the statewide advance care plan-
 5 ning public awareness campaign authorized pursuant to this paragraph,
 6 both directly and via the community-based outreach grants authorized
 7 pursuant to paragraph (e-1) of this subdivision. Such campaign shall
 8 include statewide media outreach in multiple languages; culturally
 9 tailored messaging for underserved communities; dissemination of writ-
 10 ten, digital, and broadcast educational materials; development of tools
 11 to support advance directives and serious illness decision-making; and
 12 enhancement of digital navigation resources.
 13 (e-1) (i) The department shall establish a community-based advance
 14 care planning outreach grant program to fund not-for-profit community-
 15 based organizations, faith-based organizations, including but not limit-
 16 ed to immigrant-servi