3.0.0 570 2018-02-03T20:01:39Z 2018-02-05T15:25:23Z Senate S S 2005-03-09 109 Advance Directives Improvement and Education Act of 2005 109 2058 HR 2005-05-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Advance Directives Improvement and Education Act of 2005 109 347 S 2005-02-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1275-1277) Related bill CRS 2005-03-10 Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 49. Calendars 2005-03-09 Senate Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2386-2387) Calendars 2005-03-09 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2385-2386) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-03-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM N J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2005-04-05 False C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2005-04-05 False Health Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Federal preemption Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Health counseling Health education Health maintenance organizations Living wills Medicaid Medicare Motor vehicle registration Power of attorney Right to die Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare State laws Telephone Terminal care Transportation and Public Works Health 00 2005-03-09 Introduced in Senate 2005-04-23T15:00:28Z Advance Directives Education Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require a service provider, Medicare Advantage organization, or prepaid or eligible organization to: (1) provide each individual receiving medical care through such provider or organization with the opportunity to discuss issues relating to an individual's rights under State law to make decisions concerning medical care and formulate advance directives; and (2) give effect to an advance directive executed outside the State even if such directive does not appear to meet State requirements, unless the provider or organization can reasonably demonstrate that the directive is not an authentic expression of the individual's health care wishes. Makes such advance directive requirements applicable under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for the establishment of a national, toll-free, information clearinghouse for State-specific information regarding advance directives and end-of-life decisions.

Requires the Comptroller General to study and report on the feasibility of a national registry for advanced directives.

Requires each State to establish a program that: (1) provides information to residents at the State's department of motor vehicles on the advance directives clearinghouse; and (2) is modeled after the State's organ donation program at the department of motor vehicles.

]]> Advance Directives Education Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Advance Directives Education Act of 2005 Display Title Advance Directives Education Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act and title III of the Public Health Service Act to improve access to information about individuals' health care options and legal rights for care near the end of life, to promote advance care planning and decisionmaking so that individuals' wishes are known should the become unable to speak for themselves, to engage health care providers in disseminating information about and assisting in the preparation of advance directives, which include living wills and durable powers of attorney for health care, and for other purposes. Placed on Calendar Senate 2005-03-10T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s570pcs/xml/BILLS-109s570pcs.xml 2005-03-10 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 49. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.