Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act
- Last Action
- 10/29/2019
Actions
- 2019-10-29Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- 2019-10-28Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2019-10-28On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8521-8523)
- 2019-10-28Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8521-8523)
- 2019-10-28DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 647.
- 2019-10-28Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8521-8526)
- 2019-10-28Ms. Schakowsky moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- 2019-01-25Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2019-01-17Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- 2019-01-17Introduced in House
- 2019-01-17Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-10-28 (53)
Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take a series of actions relating to palliative-care training.
Specifically, HHS must provide support for Palliative Care and Hospice Education Centers. The centers must improve the training of health professionals in palliative care and establish traineeships for individuals preparing for advanced-education nursing degrees, social-work degrees, or advanced degrees in physician-assistant studies in palliative care.
HHS may provide support to medical schools, teaching hospitals, and graduate medical-education programs for training physicians who plan to teach palliative medicine.
HHS must (1) provide Palliative Medicine and Hospice Academic Career Awards to individuals to promote their career development, (2) support entities that operate a Palliative Care and Hospice Education Center, (3) support individuals in specified fields who are pursuing an advanced degree in palliative care or related fields, and (4) award grants to nursing programs to train individuals in providing palliative care.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality must provide for a national education and awareness campaign to inform patients, families, and health professionals about the benefits of palliative care.
The National Institutes of Health must expand national research programs in palliative care.
Cosponsors (20)
- Tom Reed (R-NY)
- Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
- Earl Carter (R-GA)
- FRANK PALLONE (D-NJ)
- GREG WALDEN (R-OR)
- Paul Tonko (D-NY)
- Debbie Dingell (D-MI)
- Darren Soto (D-FL)
- Doris Matsui (D-CA)
- MIKE DOYLE (D-PA)
- Robin Kelly (D-IL)
- FRED UPTON (R-MI)
- Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
- Billy Long (R-MO)
- Bill Johnson (R-OH)
- Gus Bilirakis (R-FL)
- David McKinley (R-WV)
- Robert Latta (R-OH)
- Susan Brooks (R-IN)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
Subjects
- Cancer
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Digestive and metabolic diseases
- Education programs funding
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Health care quality
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Home and outpatient care
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
- Medical education
- Medical research
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Neurological disorders
- Nursing
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