3.0.0 465 2023-01-11T20:04:23Z 2023-01-11T20:04:23Z Senate S S 2007-01-31 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-01-31T23:00:56Z Medicare End-of-Life Care Planning Act of 2007 110 466 S 2007-01-31 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1447) Related bill CRS 2007-01-31 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1445-1446) IntroReferral 2007-01-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM N L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN 2007-01-31 True R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2007-01-31 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2007-01-31 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2007-01-31 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2007-01-31 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2007-02-05 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2007-02-08 False I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2007-03-05 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2007-04-11 False L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2007-05-17 False Health Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Data banks Economics and Public Finance Federal preemption Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Grants-in-aid Health counseling Health education Health information systems Health maintenance organizations Law Living wills Managed care Medicaid Medicare Pain Physical examinations Physicians Power of attorney Preventive medicine Right of privacy Right to die Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare State laws Telephone Terminal care Health 00 2007-01-31 Introduced in Senate 2007-02-13T15:59:42Z Advance Directives Improvement and Education Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for Medicare coverage of end-of-life planning and consultations as part of an initial preventive physical examination.

Requires a service provider, Medicare Advantage organization, or prepaid or eligible organization to give effect to an advance directive executed outside the state in which it is presented, even one that does not appear to meet the formalities of execution, form, or language required by the state in which it is presented, to the same extent as such provider or organization would give effect to an advanced directive that meets such requirements. Permits a provider or organization to decline to honor such a directive if it can be reasonably demonstrated that it is not an authentic expression of the individual's wishes concerning his or her health care. Makes such advance directive requirements applicable under SSA title XIX (Medicaid).

Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, directly or through grants, to: (1) conduct a national education campaign to raise public awareness of the importance of planning for care near the end of life; and (2) provide for a national, toll-free information clearinghouse, as well as clearinghouses that the public may access to find out about state-specific information regarding advance directives and end-of-life decisions.

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

]]> Advance Directives Improvement and Education Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend titles 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 they 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. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Advance Directives Improvement and Education Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Advance Directives Improvement and Education Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-01-31T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s465is/xml/BILLS-110s465is.xml 2007-01-31 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1445-1446) 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.