S 1935 119th Congress Senate Health

Expanding Access to Palliative Care Act

Introduced: June 3, 2025 Introduced by: Rosen, Jacky Democratic · Nevada See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Jun 3, 2025

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Expanding Access to Palliative Care Act

This bill requires the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to test a model that provides community-based palliative care and care coordination for high-risk Medicare beneficiaries and that may replace the Medicare Care Choices Model (which ended on December 31, 2021).

Under the new model, multi-disciplinary teams must provide coordinated, palliative care that is available 24-7 for Medicare beneficiaries with serious illnesses or injuries, such as cancer. The CMMI must evaluate the model by comparing patients participating in the model with those outside of the model in relation to specified metrics, including the election and duration of hospice care.

What's happening now June 3, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Lobbying activity 24

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
for AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
for AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC
for THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CARE AT HOME · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
VITAS HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
for VITAS HEALTHCARE CORPORATION · Florida · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
THE RABEN GROUP
for COMPASSION & CHOICES · Colorado · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC
for VITAS HEALTHCARE · Florida · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026

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Cosponsors 4

Klobuchar, Amy

Minnesota · Jan 6, 2026

Baldwin, Tammy

Wisconsin · Jun 3, 2025

Barrasso, John

Wyoming · Jun 3, 2025

Fischer, Deb

Nebraska · Jun 3, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1935: Expanding Access to Palliative Care Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1935/

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"S. 1935: Expanding Access to Palliative Care Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1935/.

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