HR 963 109th Congress House

Children's Compassionate Care Act of 2005

Official title: To improve the palliative and end-of-life care provided to children with life-threatening conditions, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 28, 2005 See on congress.gov

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Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

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Mar 14, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Mar 3, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Feb 17, 2005

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Feb 17, 2005

Introduced in House

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Latest action March 14, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Children's Compassionate Care Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to provide training in pediatric palliative care and related services.

Allows the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to award grants to implement or expand pediatric palliative care programs for children with life-threatening conditions.

Authorizes the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand the number of physicians, nurses, mental health professionals, and appropriate allied health professionals and specialists with pediatric palliative clinical training and research experience.

Allows the Secretary to award grants to 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.

Requires the Director to provide translational research grants to fund research in pediatric pain and symptom management that will utilize existing NIH facilities.

Requires the Secretary to establish Medicare and private sector pediatric palliative care demonstration projects.

Related & companion bills 1

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Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF

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Committees of jurisdiction 4

Energy and Commerce Committee
House of Representatives
Health Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Ways and Means Committee
Health Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Energy and Commerce Committee
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 3

Calvert, Ken

California · Feb 14, 2006

Schakowsky, Janice D.

Illinois · Jul 28, 2005

McCaul, Michael T.

Texas · Mar 2, 2005

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