State Registries for Advance Directives Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7608
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2022-04-27
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2022-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-04-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>State Registries for Advance Directives Act of 2022</strong></p> <p>This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to states for developing or maintaining registries of advance care directives. These are legal documents that set out decisions about the type and extent of medical care an individual would accept or refuse in the event the individual is unable to make such decisions.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7608 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 27, 2022 Mr. Suozzi introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States to develop, improve, or maintain a State registry of advance directives.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the State Registries for Advance Directives Act of 2022 . 2. Grants for State registries of advance directives (a) In general The Secretary of Health and Human Services may award grants to States to develop, improve, or maintain, directly or by contract, a State registry of advance directives. (b) Authorization of appropriations To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2023 through 2027.