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Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act Introduced in
Senate
On 8/1, Senator John Rockefeller (D-WV) introduced legislation (S. 2857), to
establish uniform regulations governing advance directives and improve the
general guidelines for administering end-of-life care. The bill, titled the
"Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act," would direct the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop and evaluate new and innovative
models of end-of- life care for all Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's
Health Insurance Program SCHIP) beneficiaries. It would also create a 24-hour
toll-free hotline to provide consumer information about advance directives and
other end-of-life care measures, legally mandate that an advance directive valid
in one state will be honored in another state, and establish an end-of-life care
advisory board within HHS.
To view a summary, the full text, and status information,
enter the bill number on the U. S. Congress' Thomas Web site at:
http://thomas.loc.gov/
FROM Last acts NEWSLETTER October 7
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