HR8137-118

Introduced

To provide for an exception to the restrictions described in the Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1997 with respect to certain States.

118th Congress Introduced Apr 26, 2024

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To provide for an exception to the restrictions described in the Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1997 with respect to certain States., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Defense, Veterans Affairs.

Who Benefits and How

health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HE3C36E487E88441BB9D06CF03FDC9057: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Patient Access to End of Life Care Act.
  • Section H8794EA98F1EB4FE888D363018166CB1C: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: Medical aid-in-dying is a medical practice in which a mentally capable, terminally ill adult with less than six...
  • Section HA8C0B06137E746C9AAB4CB7673114BCA: 3. Exception to restrictions described in the Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1997 Beginning January 1, 2025, in the case of a State that permits...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To provide for an exception to the restrictions described in the Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1997 with respect to certain States., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Defense, Veterans Affairs

Primary Purpose

This bill, To provide for an exception to the restrictions described in the Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1997 with respect to certain States., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Defense Veterans Affairs

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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health care providers and patients: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
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federal implementing agencies: ,
health care providers and patients: ,

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 26, 2024

Ms. Pettersen (for herself and Mr. Peters) introduced the following …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Defense Veterans Affairs
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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