US Congress Senate Bill 2080 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 37-19-3)
Status: Introduced on July 10 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-07-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]	Sen. Angus King [I-ME]	Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith [R-MS]
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]
Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Deb Fischer [R-NE]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. James Risch [R-ID]	Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]
Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]
Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]
Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]
Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Cory Gardner [R-CO]
Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Mike Rounds [R-SD]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Sen. Doug Jones [D-AL]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]
Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-07-10	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB647 (Related) 2019-10-29 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2080/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s2080/BILLS-116s2080is.pdf