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albany3_120Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton (D/WF-125) announced that her bill to aid hospice facilities across the state passed in the Assembly Tuesday and will go to the Governor for signature.

“This bill,” Lifton said, “will codify the successful hospice residence pilot program the state has been running for ten years. With a decade’s worth of data, we know this program works, and this bill permanently allows hospice facilities to have up to sixteen beds with 25% allocated for dual-certification as both resident and inpatient hospice beds. With a burgeoning aging population in New York State, giving hospice institutions greater flexibility is of the utmost importance to expand the quality and variety of care available to those in great need.”

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