---
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).