Sec. 112. Advance care curricula pilot program
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The Secretary, in consultation with appropriate professional associations, shall establish a pilot program by which the Secretary awards grants to eligible entities that require a minimum amount of end-of-life training as a requirement for obtaining a degree from such entity. To be eligible to participate in the pilot program under this section, an entity shall— be a school of medicine, school of osteopathic medicine, a physician assistant education program (as defined in section 799B(3) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 295p(3) )), a school of allied health (as defined in section 799B(4) of the Public Health Service Act( 42 U.S.C. 295p(4) )), a school of nursing, a school of social work, a graduate medical education program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association, or other school, as the Secretary determines appropriate; be staffed by teaching health professionals who have experience or training in palliative medicine; provide training in palliative medicine through a variety of service rotations, such as consultation services, acute care services, extended care facilities, ambulatory care and comprehensive evaluation units, hospice, home health, and community care programs; develop specific performance-based measures to evaluate the competency of trainees; and ensure that by not later than the end of the 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, professionals who are applicable faculty at the entity, or others as determined appropriate by the Secretary, shall be offered retraining in hospice and palliative medicine.
Eligible entities participating in the pilot program under this section shall require minimum training for trainees that includes— training in how to discuss and help patients and their loved ones with advance care planning; with respect to trainees who will work with children, specialized pediatric training; training in the continuum of end-of-life services and supports, including palliative care and hospice; training in how to discuss end-of-life care with dying patients and their loved ones; medical and legal issues training associated with end of life care; training in cultural competency; and in the case of a graduate medical education program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association, a longitudinal component of at least 6 months.
Each recipient of a grant under this section shall report to the Secretary on the outcomes of the program within 18 months of receipt of the final allotment of grant funds. Not later than 1 year after receipt of all such reports, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report compiling such results from all grant recipients.
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Sec. 112
Advance care curricula pilot program
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