Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill amends Part D of Title VII of the Public Health Service Act by inserting new Section 759A, which creates five palliative care education and training programs: (a) Palliative Care and Hospice Education Programs, creates new Section 759A of the Public Health Service Act (the inserted statutory text), and amends the Public Health Service Act in two ways: (1) inserts 'hospice and palliative nursing' into the nursing workforce priority areas in Section 831(b)(3), and (2) adds new Section 832 creating a grant program. It relies on grants, appropriations, compliance mandates, and reporting requirements. The main policy areas are Health, Education, and Healthcare.
Who Benefits and How
Schools of nursing could gain revenue opportunities, Nursing schools could gain revenue opportunities, and Medical schools (allopathic and osteopathic) could gain revenue opportunities.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal taxpayers could face higher costs, AHRQ would take on compliance duties, and NIH institutes and centers would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Amends Part D of Title VII of the Public Health Service Act by inserting new Section 759A, which creates five palliative care education and training programs: (a) Palliative Care and Hospice Education Programs...
- Creates new Section 759A of the Public Health Service Act (the inserted statutory text).
- Amends the Public Health Service Act in two ways: (1) inserts 'hospice and palliative nursing' into the nursing workforce priority areas in Section 831(b)(3), and (2) adds new Section 832 creating a grant program...
- Creates new Section 832 of the Public Health Service Act (the inserted statutory text).
- Amends Part A of Title IX of the Public Health Service Act by adding new Section 904, which authorizes the AHRQ Director to disseminate information about palliative care benefits to patients, families, and health...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill amends Part D of Title VII of the Public Health Service Act by inserting new Section 759A, which creates five palliative care education and training programs: (a) Palliative Care and Hospice Education Programs, creates new Section 759A of the Public Health Service Act (the inserted statutory text), and amends the Public Health Service Act in two ways: (1) inserts 'hospice and palliative nursing' into the nursing workforce priority areas in Section 831(b)(3), and (2) adds new Section 832 creating a grant program.
Key Policy Areas
Health, Education, Healthcare
Primary Purpose
The bill amends Part D of Title VII of the Public Health Service Act by inserting new Section 759A, which creates five palliative care education and training programs: (a) Palliative Care and Hospice Education Programs, creates new Section 759A of the Public Health Service Act (the inserted statutory text), and amends the Public Health Service Act in two ways: (1) inserts 'hospice and palliative nursing' into the nursing workforce priority areas in Section 831(b)(3), and (2) adds new Section 832 creating a grant program.
Policy Domains
Palliative Care and Hospice Education Programs (Sec. 759A)
Identified Gains
- Schools of nursing
- Nursing schools
- Medical schools (allopathic and osteopathic)
- Social work, PA, chaplaincy, psychology, pharmacy programs
- Palliative care researchers
Identified Costs
- Federal taxpayers
- AHRQ
- NIH institutes and centers
- NIH institutes (cancer, heart, kidney, liver, lung, infectious, neurodegenerative diseases)
- Grant recipients under this Act
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeCommittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
Ms. Baldwin (for herself, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Marshall, …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
CNA certification programs, Medical schools (allopathic and osteopathic), Nursing faculty in palliative care
Families and caregivers, Patients in rural and medically underserved areas, Patients with serious or life-threatening illnesses
Positive-direction: Families and caregivers, Patients in rural and medically underserved areas, Patients with serious or life-threatening illnesses, Veterans
Negative-direction: Taxpayers
Grant recipients under this Act, Health care facilities, Health care facilities providing palliative care
Positive-direction: Health care facilities, Health care facilities providing palliative care, Health professionals pursuing advanced degrees (Career Incentive Awards), Health professionals pursuing advanced palliative care degrees, Junior palliative care faculty, Junior palliative care faculty (Academic Career Awards)
Negative-direction: Grant recipients under this Act
AHRQ, NIH institutes (cancer, heart, kidney, liver, lung, infectious, neurodegenerative diseases), NIH institutes and centers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
- "the_director"
- → Director of AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services (or designee)
Note: {'term': 'The Secretary', 'resolution': 'Refers to the Secretary of Health and Human Services throughout Sections 2, 3, and 6'}
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
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