3.0.0 464 2023-01-11T20:04:23Z 2023-01-11T20:04:23Z Senate S S 2007-01-31 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-01-31T22:58:06Z 2007-01-31 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1442-1445) IntroReferral 2007-01-31 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1442) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2007-01-31 True N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2007-01-31 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2007-02-13 False I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2007-02-26 False Health Administrative procedure Child health Congress Congressional reporting requirements Department of Health and Human Services Evaluation research (Social action programs) Executive reorganization Families Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to child health services Federal preemption Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Governmental investigations Health insurance Health maintenance organizations Home care services Housing and Community Development Law Legislation Liability (Law) Living wills Long-term care Managed care Medicaid Medical economics Medical ethics Medical malpractice Medically uninsured Medicare Mental health services Minorities Minority aged Minority health Pain Patients' rights Performance measurement Poor children Power of attorney Preferred provider organizations (Medical care) Quality of care Quality of life Rural health Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare State laws Telephone Terminal care Terminally ill Welfare waivers Health 00 2007-01-31 Introduced in Senate 2007-02-12T21:45:07Z Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop and report to Congress on outcome standards and measures to evaluate the performance of health care programs and projects that provide end-of-life care to individuals, and assess access to, and utilization of, such programs and projects.

Requires the Secretary to study and report to Congress on all matters relating to the establishment and implementation of a national uniform policy on advanced directives for individuals receiving items and services under titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA).

Amends SSA titles XVIII and XIX to: (1) require service providers and eligible organizations to provide an appropriately trained professional for discussing advance directive issues with all adult individuals receiving medical care by or through such entities; and (2) ensure that an advance directive valid in one state will be honored in another state.

Requires the Secretary, through the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to: (1) operate a clearinghouse and a 24-hour toll-free telephone hotline to provide consumer information about advance directives, end-of-life decision making, and available end-of-life and hospice care services; and (2) conduct a demonstration project to develop new and innovative approaches to providing end-of-life care to Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP (SSA title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance)) beneficiaries.

Establishes within HHS an End-of-Life Care Advisory Board.

]]> Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the requirements regarding advance directives in order to ensure that an individual's health care decisions are complied with, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-01-31T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s464is/xml/BILLS-110s464is.xml 2007-01-31 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1442-1445) 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.