US Congress House Bill 2797 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-9-1)
Status: Introduced on June 7 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-06-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Patient Choice and Quality Care Act of 2017 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to create and test a new Medicare model for advanced illness and care management that would enable certain Medicare beneficiaries with serious, chronic progressive, or advanced illnesses, to voluntarily engage in a planning process to obtain specialized care consistent with their health care goals. At least one participant in this model must be a hospice program. The model requires an interdisciplinary team comprised of physicians, nurses, and social workers to work together to provide beneficiaries and their caregivers with information and services on disease trajectory, treatment options, and available care. Information on advance care planning must be included in the Medicare & You Handbook. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must: (1) award grants to certain public or private entities to increase awareness of advance care planning and advanced illness care, (2) establish the Advance Care Planning Advisory Council to advise HHS on issues relating to advanced and terminal illnesses, and (3) issue an annual report analyzing the circumstances of deceased Medicare beneficiaries.

Patient Choice and Quality Care Act of 2017

Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]	Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]
Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. David Young [R-IA]	Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Earl Carter [R-GA]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]
Rep. Ruben Kihuen [D-NV]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]
Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Rob Woodall [R-GA]	Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]	Sen. Roger Marshall [R-KS]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-06-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-06-09	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-06-07	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-06-07	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-06-07	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-06-07	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E777-778)
2017-06-07	House	Introduced in House

SB1334 (Related) 2017-06-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2797/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2797/BILLS-115hr2797ih.pdf