Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act
Sponsor
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Cosponsors (23)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
- Angus S. King Jr. (I-ME)Original· 2025-07-15
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)Original· 2025-07-15
- Jack Reed (D-RI)Original· 2025-07-15
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)Original· 2025-07-15
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)Original· 2025-07-15
- John Barrasso (R-WY)Original· 2025-07-15
- John Boozman (R-AR)Original· 2025-07-15
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)Original· 2025-07-15
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)Original· 2025-07-15
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA)Original· 2025-07-15
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)Original· 2025-07-15
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)Original· 2025-07-15
- Peter Welch (D-VT)Original· 2025-07-15
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)Original· 2025-07-15
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)Original· 2025-07-15
- Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)Original· 2025-07-15
- Susan M. Collins (R-ME)Original· 2025-07-15
- Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)· 2025-07-30
- Tina Smith (D-MN)· 2025-07-30
- Adam B. Schiff (D-CA)· 2025-09-11
- James C. Justice (R-WV)· 2025-09-11
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)· 2026-02-10
- David McCormick (R-PA)· 2026-02-10
Latest Action
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Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsHearings By (full committee) · 2026-03-19
Previously
- Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions CommitteeHearings By (full committee) · 2026-03-19
- Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions CommitteeReferred To · 2025-07-15
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsReferred To · 2025-07-15
Plain-English Summary
Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take a series of actions relating to palliative-care training. Specifically, HHS must provide support for Palliative Care and Hospice Education Programs. The programs must support the training of health professionals in palliative and hospice care, including through traineeships or fellowships. In addition, HHS may provide support to medical schools, teaching hospitals, and graduate medical-education programs for training physicians who plan to teach or practice palliative medicine. HHS must also (1) provide Palliative Care and Hospice Academic Career Awards to health professional schools to promote the career development of academic hospice and palliative care specialists, (2) support individuals in specified fields who are pursuing an advanced degree in palliative care or related fields, and (3) award grants to nursing programs to train individuals in providing palliative care. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality may disseminate information to inform patients, families, and health professionals about the benefits of palliative care. The National Institutes of Health must expand national research programs in palliative care.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
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