3.0.0 2297 2023-01-11T13:32:33Z 2023-01-11T13:32:33Z Senate S 2015-11-18 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-11-18T17:57:51Z Medicare Choices Empowerment and Protection Act 114 4059 HR 2015-11-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2015-11-18 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-11-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. N C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2015-11-18 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2015-12-14 False Health Government information and archives Health information and medical records Licensing and registrations Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicare Right of privacy Health 00 2015-11-18 Introduced in Senate 2016-04-15T12:33:31Z Medicare Choices Empowerment and Protection Act

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish an Advance Directive Certification Program. Under the program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall grant accreditation to advance directive vendors that meet specified accreditation criteria.

CMS shall establish procedures for an eligible beneficiary to register the adoption of a certified advance directive under the program. Beneficiary registration in the program shall be optional, but each eligible beneficiary who adopts and registers a certified advance directive shall receive a one-time incentive payment.

CMS shall provide for related education and outreach.

]]> Medicare Choices Empowerment and Protection Act Display Title Medicare Choices Empowerment and Protection Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Choices Empowerment and Protection Act Introduced in Senate 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2297is/xml/BILLS-114s2297is.xml 2015-11-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.