US Congress House Bill 1339 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 138-32-1)
Status: Introduced on March 21 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-03-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants or contracts for the establishment or operation of Palliative Care and Hospice Education Centers. Requires such Centers to: (1) improve the training of health professionals in palliative care for individuals with serious or life-threatening illnesses; (2) develop and disseminate related curricula; (3) support the training and retraining of faculty to provide instruction in palliative care; (4) support continuing education of health professionals who provide palliative care; (5) provide students with clinical training in palliative care in long-term care facilities, home care, hospices, chronic and acute disease hospitals, and ambulatory care centers; and (6) establish traineeships for individuals preparing for advanced education nursing degrees in palliative care. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with schools of medicine, schools of osteopathic medicine, teaching hospitals, and graduate medical education programs to provide support for projects that fund the training of physicians who plan to teach palliative medicine. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a program to provide Palliative Medicine and Hospice Academic Career Awards to eligible individuals; (2) award grants or contracts to entities that operate a Palliative Care and Hospice Education Center; (3) award incentive grants or contracts to advanced practice nurses, clinical social workers, pharmacists, chaplains, or students of psychology pursuing an advanced degree in palliative care or related fields; and (4) award grants to schools of nursing, health care facilities, or programs leading to certification as a certified nurse assistant to develop and implement programs and initiatives to train individuals in providing palliative care in health-related educational, hospice, home, or long-term care settings.

Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Ron Barber [D-AZ]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]
Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]	Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]
Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. John Carney [D-DE]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. John Culberson [R-TX]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]
Rep. William Enyart [D-IL]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]
Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Pete Gallego [D-TX]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]
Rep. Joe Garcia [D-FL]	Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]
Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Tim Griffin [R-AR]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Michael Grimm [R-NY]
Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]
Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]
Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]
Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]
Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]
Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]
Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. William Owens [D-NY]
Rep. Ed Pastor [D-AZ]	Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]
Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]	Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]
Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]	Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]
Rep. Jon Runyan [R-NJ]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]
Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Southerland [R-FL]
Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]
Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-03-21	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

SB641 (Same As) 2013-03-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1339/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr1339/BILLS-113hr1339ih.pdf