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, which means planning for medical decisions in case a person cannot make them. It would create a website for health care providers on advance care planning, fund a grant pilot program for end-of-life training in medical, nursing, and other health schools, and require new end-of-life care quality measures and continuing education materials. It would permanently allow Medicare to use telehealth for the face-to-face visit before hospice eligibility is recertified, and would remove location limits on Medicare telehealth for advance care planning starting in 2026. It would also order studies on a national advance directive policy, a national advance directive registry, and electronic health record storage of advance care planning documents.

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Sponsors

• Richard Blumenthal Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors