§ 4000. Legislative declaration. The legislature finds and declares that hospice is a socially and financially beneficial alternative to conventional curative care for those afflicted by terminal illness. It further finds that hospice is a unique, interdisciplinary program of palliative and supportive care to meet the stresses associated with illness, death and bereavement through the […]
§ 4002. Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: 1. “Hospice” means a coordinated program of home and in-patient care which treats the terminally ill patient and family as a unit, employing an interdisciplinary team acting under the direction of an autonomous hospice administration. The program […]
§ 4004. Establishment of hospices. 1. The commissioner shall not issue a certificate of approval to any hospice except with the written approval of the public health and health planning council. However, a hospice demonstration program participant making application to the commissioner solely to establish a hospice shall be deemed to have met such requirement. […]
§ 4006. Hospice construction. 1. The construction of a hospice shall require the prior approval of the commissioner. 2. An application for such construction shall be filed with the department, together with such other forms and information as shall be prescribed by, or acceptable to, the department. Thereafter the department shall forward a copy of […]
§ 4008. Certification of hospices. 1. The commissioner shall not issue a certificate of approval to any hospice unless it complies with the provisions of this article and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, in accordance with the standards and procedures adopted by the state hospital review and planning council, and is qualified to […]
§ 4010. Powers and duties of the commissioner and the state hospital review and planning council. 1. The commissioner shall have the power to conduct periodic inspections of hospices with respect to the fitness and adequacy of equipment, personnel, rules and bylaws, standards of service and medical care, system of accounts, records, and the adequacy […]
§ 4011. Quality assurance. 1. Every hospice is required to establish a quality assurance program which shall objectively and systematically monitor and evaluate the quality and appropriateness of care and services provided by the hospice. 2. The information required to be collected and maintained by hospices pursuant to subdivision one of this section and as […]
§ 4012. Payment for hospice. 1. No government agency shall purchase, pay for or make reimbursement or grants-in-aid for services provided by a hospice unless, at the time the services were provided, the hospice possessed a valid certificate of approval. 2. Payments for hospice care made by government agencies shall be at rates approved by […]
§ 4012-a. Hospice supplemental financial assistance program for persons with special needs. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law or regulation to the contrary, an additional amount may be added to a hospice’s rate pursuant to the medical assistance program, subject to approval by the state director of the budget, for purposes of enabling such hospice […]
§ 4012-b. Hospice palliative care. 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this article to the contrary, a hospice may also offer a program of palliative care for patients with advanced life-limiting conditions and illnesses and their families. Such a program may be provided by a hospice issued a certificate of approval pursuant to section four […]
§ 4013. Hospice worker recruitment and retention program. 1. The commissioner shall, subject to the provisions of subdivision two of this section, increase medical assistance rates of payment by up to three percent for hospice services provided on and after December first, two thousand two, for purposes of improving recruitment and retention of non-supervisory workers […]
§ 4013-b. Home care services worker registry. A hospice program providing hospice care in a patient’s home shall comply with the home care services worker registry under section thirty-six hundred thirteen of this chapter.
§ 4014. Hospice residence pilot program. 1. The commissioner is hereby authorized to establish a hospice residence pilot program. Such program, subject to the rules and regulations of the commissioner, shall authorize the operation of not more than ten hospice residences operated for the purpose of providing more than two hospice patients but not more […]
§ 4015. Pilot program for all-inclusive care for children. 1. The commissioner is hereby authorized to establish a pilot program for all-inclusive care for children. Such program, subject to the rules and regulations of the commissioner, shall consist of comprehensive hospice and palliative care services for children with life-limiting illnesses that addresses the medical, psychosocial […]
