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Children's Compassionate Care Act of 2003

Introduced: September 17, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Sep 17, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11682-11685)
Sep 17, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11680-11682)
Sep 17, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Children's Compassionate Care Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to: (1) provide training in pediatric palliative care and related services; (2) implement or expand pediatric palliative care programs for children with life-threatening conditions; (3) expand the number of physicians, nurses, mental health professionals, and appropriate allied health professionals and specialists with pediatric palliative clinical training and research experience; (4) enhance pediatric palliative care and care for children with life-threatening conditions in general pediatric or family practice residency training programs through the development of model programs; and (5) fund research in pediatric pain and symptom management that will utilize existing facilities of the National Institutes of Health.

Provides for Medicare and private sector pediatric palliative care demonstration projects.

What's happening now September 17, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11682-11685)

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3127 Related bill Pediatric Palliative Care Act of 2003
 Bill text 1 version

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Murray, Patty
Washington · Oct 1, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1629: Children's Compassionate Care Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1629/
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