To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the number of permanent faculty in palliative care at accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools and other programs, including social work, physician assistant, and chaplaincy education programs, to promote education and research in palliative care and hospice, and to support the development of faculty careers in academic palliative and hospice care.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the number of permanent faculty in palliative care at accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools and other programs, including social work, physician assistant, and chaplaincy education programs, to promote education and research in palliative care and hospice, and to support the development of faculty careers in academic palliative and hospice care., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Government Operations, Education.
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 HE94FDB8DE3F340209712A38B58C24D2A: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act.
- Section H577B64E5DC6B474AB660F9C85AEC750D: 2. Palliative care and hospice education and training Part D of title VII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 294 et seq.) is amended by inserting...
- Section HF12FCB09F2DD48E59127497FB1225981: 759A. Palliative care and hospice education and training The Secretary shall award grants or contracts under this section to entities described in paragraph...
- Section HC4CF06E2F0824221B48B5DA5CD0E0B8E: 3. Hospice and palliative nursing Section 831(b)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296p(b)(3)) is amended by inserting hospice and palliative...
- Section H543558CFC7764C4485D07C14A0FE92C4: 832. Palliative care and hospice education and training The Secretary shall award grants to, or enter into contracts with, eligible entities to develop and...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the number of permanent faculty in palliative care at accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools and other programs, including social work, physician assistant, and chaplaincy education programs, to promote education and research in palliative care and hospice, and to support the development of faculty careers in academic palliative and hospice care., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Government Operations, Education
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the number of permanent faculty in palliative care at accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools and other programs, including social work, physician assistant, and chaplaincy education programs, to promote education and research in palliative care and hospice, and to support the development of faculty careers in academic palliative and hospice care., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- health care providers and patients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Baldwin (for herself, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Murkowski, …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a program sponsored by a school of medicine, a school of osteopathic medicine, a hospital, or a public or private institution that— offers postgraduate medical training in the specialties and subspecialties of medicine
a program sponsored by a school of medicine, a school of osteopathic medicine, a hospital, or a public or private institution that— offers postgraduate medical training in the specialties and subspecialties of medicine
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