3.0.0 4945 2023-01-11T13:43:50Z 2023-01-11T13:43:50Z Senate S 2020-12-02 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-12-02T17:48:55Z 2020-12-02 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2020-12-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N Health Congressional oversight Education programs funding Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health care quality Health information and medical records Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Health technology, devices, supplies Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medical education Teaching, teachers, curricula Health 00 2020-12-02 Introduced in Senate 2021-01-15T15:04:34Z Compassionate Care Act

This bill establishes and expands various programs and activities within the Department of Health and Human Services that support and promote end-of-life care and advance care planning. It also permanently authorizes a physician or nurse practitioner to recertify via telehealth a patient's eligibility for Medicare hospice benefits.

]]> Compassionate Care Act Display Title Compassionate Care Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Compassionate Care Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve end-of-life care. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4945is/xml/BILLS-116s4945is.xml 2020-12-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.