Compassionate Care Act

This bill would require the Department of Health and Human Services to run a national public education campaign of at least 5 years about advance care planning, starting by January 1, 2027. It would create a website for health care providers on advance care planning, fund grants for schools to add end-of-life training, develop end-of-life care quality measures, and create continuing education curricula that states may adopt. It would permanently allow Medicare to use telehealth for the face-to-face visit needed to recertify hospice eligibility, and remove geographic limits on telehealth for advance care planning starting in 2027. It also orders studies on a national uniform advance directive policy, a national advance directive registry, and electronic health record features for advance care planning documents.

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Sponsors

• Nanette Diaz Barragán Democrat sponsor
• 6 cosponsors