US SB1334 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on June 12 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-06-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on June 12 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-06-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
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.
Title
Patient Choice and Quality Care Act of 2017
Sponsors
Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA] | Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA] | Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI] | Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME] |
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN] | Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV] | Sen. Mike Rounds [R-SD] | Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2017-06-12 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
Same As/Similar To
HB2797 (Related) 2017-06-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Subjects
Advisory bodies
Cancer
Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Disability and paralysis
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical education
Medicare
Neurological disorders
Cancer
Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Disability and paralysis
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical education
Medicare
Neurological disorders
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1334/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1334/BILLS-115s1334is.pdf |