Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

Bill: 116-hr-647
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2019-01-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Health and Human Services
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Education programs funding
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Home and outpatient care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical education
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Neurological disorders
Nursing
Research administration and funding
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: 

Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take a series of actions relating to palliative-care training. 
 
Specifically, HHS must provide support for Palliative Care and Hospice Education Centers. The centers must improve the training of health professionals in palliative care and establish traineeships for individuals preparing for advanced-education nursing degrees, social-work degrees, or advanced degrees in physician-assistant studies in palliative care.
 
HHS may provide support to medical schools, teaching hospitals, and graduate medical-education programs for training physicians who plan to teach palliative medicine.
 
HHS must (1) provide Palliative Medicine and Hospice Academic Career Awards to individuals to promote their career development, (2) support entities that operate a Palliative Care and Hospice Education Center, (3) support individuals in specified fields who are pursuing an advanced degree in palliative care or related fields, and (4) award grants to nursing programs to train individuals in providing palliative care. 
 
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality must provide for a national education and awareness campaign to inform patients, families, and health professionals about the benefits of palliative care.
 
The National Institutes of Health must expand national research programs in palliative care.

action_date: 2019-10-28
text: 

Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take a series of actions relating to palliative-care training. 
 
Specifically, HHS must provide support for Palliative Care and Hospice Education Centers. The centers must improve the training of health professionals in palliative care and establish traineeships for individuals preparing for advanced-education nursing degrees, social-work degrees, or advanced degrees in physician-assistant studies in palliative care.
 
HHS may provide support to medical schools, teaching hospitals, and graduate medical-education programs for training physicians who plan to teach palliative medicine.
 
HHS must (1) provide Palliative Medicine and Hospice Academic Career Awards to individuals to promote their career development, (2) support entities that operate a Palliative Care and Hospice Education Center, (3) support individuals in specified fields who are pursuing an advanced degree in palliative care or related fields, and (4) award grants to nursing programs to train individuals in providing palliative care. 
 
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality must provide for a national education and awareness campaign to inform patients, families, and health professionals about the benefits of palliative care.
 
The National Institutes of Health must expand national research programs in palliative care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-29
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-10-28
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2019-10-28
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8521-8523)
action_date: 2019-10-28
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8521-8523)
action_date: 2019-10-28
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 647.
action_date: 2019-10-28
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8521-8526)
action_date: 2019-10-28
text: Ms. Schakowsky moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2019-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-17
text: Introduced in House