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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 5555 (Introduced in House) — To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve end-of-life care and advanced illness management. · Sec. 9

Sec. 9. Advance care planning and palliative care education and training

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The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall award grants to eligible entities to develop and implement programs and initiatives to train and educate individuals to provide advance care planning, advance illness care, hospice care, and palliative care in hospital, hospice, home, community, and long-term care settings. For purposes of this section, eligible entities may be a medical school, a nursing school, a health care system, non-profit organization, or other entity the Secretary deems appropriate.
Funding under grants awarded under this section shall be used— to provide training and continuing education to individuals who will provide advance care planning services or palliative care in the hospital, hospice, home, community, and long-term care settings; and to develop curricula or teaching materials related to advance care planning or palliative care in such settings. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section for the 5-fiscal-year period beginning with fiscal year 2017 $20,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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