118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 2243 — Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

“A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the number of permanent faculty in palliative care at accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools and other programs, including social work, physician assistant, and chaplaincy education programs, to promote education and research in palliative care and hospice, and to support the development of faculty careers in academic palliative and hospice care.”

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Introduced Jul 11, 2023

Last action Jul 11, 2023

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Referred

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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take a series of actions relating to palliative-care training. Specifically, HHS must provide support for Palliative Care and Hospice Education Programs. The programs must support the training of health professionals in palliative and hospice care, including through traineeships or fellowships. In addition, HHS may provide support to medical schools, teaching hospitals, and graduate medical-education programs for training physicians who plan to teach or practice palliative medicine. HHS must also (1) provide Palliative Care and Hospice Academic Career Awards to health professional schools to promote the career develop...

Provisions · 6 sectionsIntroduced in Senate

Timeline · 2 actions

Jul 11, 2023

Introduced in Senate

Jul 11, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.