Sec. 6. Care Planning Advisory Board
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish the Care Planning Advisory Board (in this section referred to as the Advisory Board ). The Advisory Board shall be composed of 15 members, to be appointed not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, as follows: The President of the United States shall appoint 3 members. The majority leader of the Senate shall appoint 3 members. The minority leader of the Senate shall appoint 3 members. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint 3 members.
The minority leader of the House of Representatives shall appoint 3 members. The membership of the Advisory Board shall include individuals who (with a preference for individuals who also are members of the group they are appointed to represent)— represent the interests of— patient advocacy groups; older adults; individuals with cognitive or functional limitations; family caregivers for individuals described in clause
(ii)or (iii); palliative care and hospice providers; researchers; ethicists; faith communities; health care providers; and health care facilities; have demonstrated experience in dealing with issues related to health care decisionmaking and health care policy; and represent the health care interests and needs of a variety of geographic areas and demographic groups. The Advisory Board shall advise the Secretary on issues related to care planning, advanced illness coordination services, advance care planning, and documentation options, including how to— assure that individuals with advanced illness receive person- and family-centered care; assist individuals with advanced illness to develop a treatment plan that is formed around their goals, values, and preferences, that is informed by research on disease trajectory, and that includes a documented plan that is realistic, actionable, and concrete, and that may include the use of advance directives, portable treatment orders (where appropriate), or other forms used in the State or locality; develop and monitor a demonstration program that includes an optimal service array to support individuals with advanced illness with services designed to manage symptoms as illness progresses; provide health care that is consistent with individuals’ current treatment preferences or, for those whose capacity to make decisions is impaired, with the individuals’ values and goals, and specific directions documented in advance directives and portable treatment orders; encourage provider participation in educational and training activities addressing care planning, advanced illness care, and advance care planning; develop quality measures, including process, outcome, and experience measures, that applicable providers should report for planning services (as defined in section 1861(iii) of the Social Security Act, as added by section 3); determine the appropriate role for discharge planners in educating individuals and their families about care planning services, advance care planning, palliative care, hospice, advance directives, portable treatment orders, and other relevant services, supports, planning tools, and documentation options; develop and promote best practices in communications about advanced illness between providers, individuals, and family caregivers in different settings, including acute care hospitals; evaluate the feasibility of replacing life expectancy in months with clinical criteria to determine eligibility for hospice care; and promote effective advance care planning and effective and appropriate use of portable treatment orders. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall apply to the Advisory Board. Except as provided in paragraph (2), a member of the Advisory Board may not receive pay, allowances, or benefits by reason of their service on the Board. Each member shall receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code. Not later than 3 years after the establishment of the Advisory Board, the Advisory Board shall submit to Congress a final report containing the findings and conclusions of the Advisory Board, together with recommendations for such legislation and administrative actions as the Advisory Board considers appropriate. The Advisory Board shall terminate 30 days after submitting the report under subsection (f). There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.