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legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/a-1078.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to conforming the definition of palliative care throughout the public health law"
+description: "Relates to conforming the definition of palliative care under hospice provisions to be the same as under other public health law provisions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "A 1078"
+citation: "New York A 1078 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["GOTTFRIED R"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-01-14"
+last_action: "2019-11-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccb057a8-8d82-4b1d-8225-5d3229727b57"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A1078"
+source_hash: "684a154238df4be17520a35c55d7113e41d49ca758799728522262d930fdbe6a"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York A 1078 (2019-2020) — Relates to conforming the definition of palliative care throughout the public health law
+
+Relates to conforming the definition of palliative care under hospice provisions to be the same as under other public health law provisions.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A1078** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1078&term=2019&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **135–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- GOTTFRIED R — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-14** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-04** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-11** REPORTED
+- **2019-02-21** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.53
+- **2019-02-26** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2019-02-26** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2019-02-27** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4582
+- **2019-05-08** 3RD READING CAL.540
+- **2019-05-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2019-05-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2019-11-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-11-20** SIGNED CHAP.494 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ccb057a8-8d82-4b1d-8225-5d3229727b57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+