S 466
110th Congress
Senate
Health
Health counseling
Living wills
Medicare
Physical examinations
Physicians
Preventive medicine
Social Welfare
Terminal care
Medicare End-of-Life Care Planning Act of 2007
Introduced: January 31, 2007
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 31, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1447)
Jan 31, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1442)
Jan 31, 2007
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Medicare End-of-Life Care Planning Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of an end-of-life planning consultation, including discussion of advance directives, as part of an initial preventive physical examination.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1447)
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1