3.0.0 1666 2021-09-27T21:29:19Z 2021-09-27T21:29:19Z House H HR 2013-04-23 113 [Pages H7252-H7253]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio:H.R. 3542.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of theConstitution: The Congress shall have power to enact thislegislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, andamong the several states, and with the Indian tribes.[[Page H7253]]ADDITIONAL SPONSORSUnder clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills andresolutions as follows:H.R. 120: Ms. Edwards.H.R. 259: Mr. Kingston.H.R. 270: Mr. Ellison and Mr. Honda.H.R. 274: Mr. Keating.H.R. 351: Mr. McKeon.H.R. 543: Mr. Bishop of New York.H.R. 647: Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr.Collins of Georgia, and Ms. Jackson Lee.H.R. 669: Mrs. Christensen.H.R. 676: Ms. McCollum.H.R. 685: Mr. Vela, Mr. Messer, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee,and Mrs. McMorris Rodgers.H.R. 713: Mr. Gibbs, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. LaMalfa, and Mr.Honda.H.R. 715: Mr. McNerney and Mr. Perlmutter.H.R. 809: Mr. Fincher.H.R. 919: Mr. Ryan of Ohio.H.R. 997: Mr. Latham and Mrs. Miller of Michigan.H.R. 1020: Ms. Foxx.H.R. 1024: Mr. Barrow of Georgia.H.R. 1124: Mrs. Beatty.H.R. 1179: Mr. Cohen and Mrs. Christensen.H.R. 1199: Mr. Garcia.H.R. 1209: Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Graves of Georgia, Mr. Pittenger,Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico, Mr. King of New York, andMs. Fudge.H.R. 1248: Mr. Bachus.H.R. 1310: Mr. Lamborn.H.R. 1339: Mr. Lipinski and Mrs. Capito.H.R. 1428: Mr. Price of North Carolina.H.R. 1429: Mr. Bishop of New York.H.R. 1449: Mr. Ross, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mrs. Lummis, and Mr.Southerland.H.R. 1461: Mr. Hunter and Mr. Nugent.H.R. 1518: Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. Crenshaw, andMr. Bilirakis.H.R. 1563: Ms. Frankel of Florida, Ms. Wasserman Schultz,and Mr. Graves of Missouri.H.R. 1601: Mr. Cartwright.H.R. 1616: Mr. Gibson.H.R. 1666: Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mr.Lipinski, and Ms. Eshoo.H.R. 1717: Mr. David Scott of Georgia and Ms. Kuster.H.R. 1726: Ms. Frankel of Florida.H.R. 1761: Mr. Roe of Tennessee.H.R. 1779: Mr. Peterson.H.R. 1830: Ms. Esty.H.R. 1851: Ms. Kuster and Mr. Horsford.H.R. 1852: Mr. Ross, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mrs. Lummis, Mr.Labrador, and Ms. Brownley of California.H.R. 1869: Mr. Wittman.H.R. 1878: Ms. Frankel of Florida.H.R. 1920: Mr. Rigell.H.R. 1985: Mr. Goodlatte.H.R. 1992: Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois and Mr. Sires.H.R. 2027: Mr. Cassidy.H.R. 2028: Mr. Tierney.H.R. 2144: Mr. Duncan of South Carolina.H.R. 2305: Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania.H.R. 2385: Mrs. Wagner.H.R. 2446: Mrs. Wagner.H.R. 2553: Ms. Moore, Ms. Schwartz, Ms. Titus, and Mr.George Miller of California.H.R. 2560: Mr. Rangel.H.R. 2607: Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Israel,and Mr. Pocan.H.R. 2619: Mr. Lowenthal.H.R. 2663: Mr. Ross.H.R. 2697: Mr. Bishop of New York, Ms. Kuster, and Mr.Johnson of Georgia.H.R. 2703: Mr. Doyle.H.R. 2725: Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Stutzman, and Ms. WassermanSchultz.H.R. 2785: Mr. Renacci.H.R. 2791: Mr. Gibson and Mr. Huizenga of Michigan.H.R. 2818: Mr. Grijalva.H.R. 2945: Mr. Roskam.H.R. 3040: Mr. Gene Green of Texas.H.R. 3105: Mr. Goodlatte and Mr. Cotton.H.R. 3111: Mr. Johnson of Ohio.H.R. 3121: Mr. Renacci.H.R. 3125: Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. DannyK. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Rodney Davisof Illinois, and Mr. Loebsack.H.R. 3135: Ms. McCollum.H.R. 3143: Mr. Israel.H.R. 3163: Mr. Moran.H.R. 3169: Mr. Burgess.H.R. 3189: Mr. Poe of Texas.H.R. 3206: Ms. Frankel of Florida.H.R. 3211: Mr. Fitzpatrick.H.R. 3240: Mr. Foster.H.R. 3297: Ms. Schakowsky.H.R. 3299: Mr. Ribble, Mr. Harris, Mr. Bentivolio, Mr.Boustany, and Mr. Roskam.H.R. 3303: Mr. Bilirakis.H.R. 3308: Mr. Pittenger.H.R. 3309: Mr. Johnson of Ohio and Mr. Larsen ofWashington.H.R. 3322: Mr. Rangel.H.R. 3327: Mrs. Bustos.H.R. 3333: Mr. Pet[...]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2013-04-26T14:17:33Z Referred to 2013-04-23T16:00:27Z Patient Centered Quality Care for Life Act 113 2800 S 2014-09-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Identical bill CRS 2013-04-26 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2013-04-23 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2013-04-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-04-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001061 Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] Emanuel Cleaver D MO 5 N B000013 Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6] SPENCER BACHUS R AL 6 2013-04-23 True B000911 Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5] CORRINE BROWN D FL 5 2013-04-26 False L000111 Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-3] TOM LATHAM R IA 3 2013-05-17 False M001160 Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] Gwen Moore D WI 4 2013-06-04 False K000009 Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] MARCY KAPTUR D OH 9 2013-06-04 False L000565 Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] David Loebsack D IA 2 2013-06-04 False S000480 Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25] LOUISE SLAUGHTER D NY M. 25 2013-06-11 False E000292 Rep. Enyart, William L. [D-IL-12] William Enyart D IL L. 12 2013-06-11 False H001038 Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26] Brian Higgins D NY 26 2013-06-11 False C001084 Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] David Cicilline D RI N. 1 2013-06-18 False P000593 Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7] Ed Perlmutter D CO 7 2013-06-20 False G000410 Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29] GENE GREEN D TX 29 2013-06-25 False E000179 Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16] ELIOT ENGEL D NY L. 16 2013-06-25 False C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2013-07-10 False V000132 Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34] Filemon Vela D TX 34 2013-07-10 False F000451 Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8] Michael Fitzpatrick R PA G. 8 2013-07-10 False T000468 Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] Dina Titus D NV 1 2013-07-10 False D000096 Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] DANNY DAVIS D IL K. 7 2013-07-11 False W000187 Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43] MAXINE WATERS D CA 43 2013-07-22 False A000210 Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] ROBERT ANDREWS D NJ E. 1 2013-07-22 False C001049 Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1] WM. 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[D-CA-18] ANNA ESHOO D CA G. 18 2013-11-19 False H001066 Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] Steven Horsford D NV 4 2013-12-02 False P000597 Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] Chellie Pingree D ME 1 2013-12-02 False R000599 Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36] Raul Ruiz D CA 36 2013-12-02 False B001281 Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] Joyce Beatty D OH 3 2013-12-05 False S001190 Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10] Bradley Schneider D IL Scott 10 2013-12-11 False S000248 Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15] JOSE SERRANO D NY E. 15 2013-12-11 False R000577 Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] TIM RYAN D OH 13 2013-12-16 False G000559 Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3] John Garamendi D CA 3 2013-12-19 False O000169 Rep. Owens, William L. [D-NY-21] William Owens D NY L. 21 2014-01-08 False S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2014-01-13 False S001180 Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5] Kurt Schrader D OR 5 2014-01-15 False M001163 Rep. Matsui, Doris O. 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Grimm, Michael G. [R-NY-11] Michael Grimm R NY G. 11 2014-09-16 False R000576 Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2] C. A. Ruppersberger D MD Dutch 2 2014-09-16 False B001279 Rep. Barber, Ron [D-AZ-2] Ron Barber D AZ 2 2014-09-16 False V000128 Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8] Chris Van Hollen D MD 8 2014-09-18 False B001242 Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1] Timothy Bishop D NY H. 1 2014-09-18 False M001185 Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18] Sean Maloney D NY Patrick 18 2014-09-18 False P000595 Rep. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI-14] Gary Peters D MI 14 2014-09-18 False N000002 Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10] JERROLD NADLER D NY 10 2014-09-18 False M000485 Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7] MIKE MCINTYRE D NC 7 2014-09-18 False C001048 Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7] JOHN CULBERSON R TX ABNEY 7 2014-11-17 False G000535 Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4] LUIS GUTIERREZ D IL V. 4 2014-11-17 False P000523 Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] DAVID PRICE D NC E. 4 2014-11-17 False C001066 Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] Kathy Castor D FL 14 2014-11-17 False R000575 Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3] Mike Rogers R AL 3 2014-11-17 False W000808 Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] Frederica Wilson D FL S. 24 2014-11-17 False P000594 Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3] Erik Paulsen R MN 3 2014-11-17 False G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 3 2014-11-17 False V000130 Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51] Juan Vargas D CA 51 2014-11-17 False N000015 Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1] RICHARD NEAL D MA E. 1 2014-11-17 False L000287 Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] JOHN LEWIS D GA 5 2014-12-11 False Health Advisory bodies Allied health services Computers and information technology Health care quality Health information and medical records Health programs administration and funding Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medical education Medical research Mental health Health 00 2013-04-23 Introduced in House 2013-07-29T21:26:33Z Patient Centered Quality Care for Life Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to convene a Patient-Centered Health Care and Quality of Life Stakeholder Strategic Summit to: (1) analyze key health system barriers to providing patient-centered health care that integrates symptom management and other aspects of coordinated or palliative care; and (2) identify strategic solutions for collectively addressing quality of life concerns for the rapidly expanding population of patients and survivors facing serious, complex, and chronic illness in the United States and for the families of such patients and survivors. Requires the Secretary to establish a Summit Steering Committee, which shall draft a summary report detailing Summit recommendations for a national strategic action agenda to improve patient-centered care and quality of life.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish a national quality of life education and awareness grants program initiative for seriously ill patients, their families, and health professionals who treat them for the purposes of encouraging an increased demand for and delivery of integrated and patient-centered care for managing their pain and symptoms and improving their quality of life. Requires the Director to award competitive grants to develop new and expand existing information, resources, and communication materials about symptom management and other aspects of patient-centered care as an integral part of quality care for serious illnesses.

Directs the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to establish a health care professional workforce training grants program initiative for purposes of promoting and enhancing symptom assessment and management, communications skills, coordinated patient-centered care, and other quality of life focused clinical core competencies across all clinical specialties that serve seriously ill patients and patients with multiple or complex chronic diseases.

Requires the Secretary: (1) to update and expand the September 2002 HRSA report, titled "The Supply, Demand and Use of Palliative Care Physicians in the United States"; (2) to establish a Quality of Life Cross-Agency Advisory Committee to assist the CDC and HRSA in conducting the national quality of life education and awareness initiative and the health care professional workforce training initiative and to disseminate initiative findings for cross agency implementation of best practices; and (3) acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to develop and implement a strategy to be applied across NIH institutes and centers that is in accordance with the Advisory Committee's recommendations to expand national research programs in symptom management, palliative, psychosocial, and survivorship care.

]]> Patient Centered Quality Care for Life Act Short Titles as Introduced Patient Centered Quality Care for Life Act Display Title Patient Centered Quality Care for Life Act Official Title as Introduced To create a patient-centered quality of care initiative for seriously ill patients through the establishment of a stakeholder strategic summit, quality of life education and awareness initiative, health care workforce training, an advisory committee, and palliative care focused research, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2013-04-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr1666ih/xml/BILLS-113hr1666ih.xml 2013-04-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.