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HR 2797 115th Congress House

Patient Choice and Quality Care Act of 2017

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for advanced illness care coordination services for Medicare beneficiaries, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 11, 2018 See on congress.gov
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Jun 15, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 9, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 7, 2017
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.
Jun 7, 2017
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E777-778)
Jun 7, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 15, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Patient Choice and Quality Care Act of 2017

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to create and test a new Medicare model for advanced illness and care management that would enable certain Medicare beneficiaries with serious, chronic progressive, or advanced illnesses, to voluntarily engage in a planning process to obtain specialized care consistent with their health care goals. At least one participant in this model must be a hospice program.

The model requires an interdisciplinary team comprised of physicians, nurses, and social workers to work together to provide beneficiaries and their caregivers with information and services on disease trajectory, treatment options, and available care.

Information on advance care planning must be included in the Medicare & You Handbook.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must: (1) award grants to certain public or private entities to increase awareness of advance care planning and advanced illness care, (2) establish the Advance Care Planning Advisory Council to advise HHS on issues relating to advanced and terminal illnesses, and (3) issue an annual report analyzing the circumstances of deceased Medicare beneficiaries.

 Related & companion bills 1
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 24
All 24 Democratic 13 Republican 4
D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Nov 2, 2018
 D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · Jun 5, 2018
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · May 11, 2018
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 11, 2018
 R
Marshall, Roger
Kansas · May 7, 2018
 R
DesJarlais, Scott
Tennessee · Apr 26, 2018
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Oct 24, 2017
 R
Scott, Austin
Georgia · Oct 12, 2017
Woodall, Rob
· Oct 12, 2017
 D
Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Oct 2, 2017
LEVIN, SANDER
· Oct 2, 2017
VISCLOSKY, PETER
· Oct 2, 2017
 D
Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Sep 13, 2017
 D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · Sep 12, 2017
Kihuen, Ruben
· Sep 12, 2017
 D
Krishnamoorthi, Raja
Illinois · Sep 5, 2017
 D
Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · Sep 5, 2017
 R
Carter, Earl L. "Buddy"
Georgia · Aug 1, 2017
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Aug 1, 2017
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Jul 24, 2017
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Jul 24, 2017
DUNCAN, JOHN
· Jul 19, 2017
Young, David
· Jul 18, 2017
Harper, Gregg
· Jun 20, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2797: Patient Choice and Quality Care Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2797/
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