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HR 1589 112th Congress House

Personalize Your Care Act of 2011

Official title: To amend the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of voluntary advance care planning consultation under Medicare and Medicaid, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 15, 2011 See on congress.gov
Health Administrative law and regulatory proceduresDepartment of Health and Human ServicesHealth information and medical recordsHealth programs administration and funding
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Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicaidMedicare
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Apr 25, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 19, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 15, 2011
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.
Apr 15, 2011
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E737)
Apr 15, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 25, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Personalize Your Care Act of 2011 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) to cover a Voluntary Advance Care Planning Consultation.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to eligible entities to: (1) establish statewide programs for physician orders for life-sustaining treatment, or (2) expand or enhance existing programs for physician orders for life-sustaining treatment.

Directs the Secretary to adopt, by rule, standards for a qualified electronic health record, with respect to patient communications with a health care provider about values and goals of care, to adequately display the patient's current: (1) advance directive, and/or (2) physician order for life-sustaining treatment.

Requires under Medicare and Medicaid that an advance directive validly executed outside the state in which the directive is presented must be given effect by a service provider or an organization to the same extent as an advance directive validly executed under the law of the state in which it is presented. Requires that, in the absence of a validly executed advance directive, any authentic expression of a person's wishes with respect to health care be honored.


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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3
D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Apr 15, 2011
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Apr 15, 2011
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Apr 15, 2011
WU, DAVID
· Apr 15, 2011
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