Pediatric Palliative Care Act of 2003
Latest action · Nov 20, 2004 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2097)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 17, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Pediatric Palliative Care Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to: (1) provide training in pediatric palliative care and related services; (2) implement or expand pediatric palliative care programs for children with life-threatening conditions; (3) expand the number of physicians, nurses, mental health professionals, and appropriate allied health professionals and specialists with pediatric palliative clinical training and research experience; (4) enhance pediatric palliative care and care for children with life-threatening conditions in general pediatric or family practice residency training programs through the development of model programs; and (5) fund research in pediatric pain and symptom management that will utilize existing facilities of the National Institutes of Health.
Provides for Medicare and private sector pediatric palliative care demonstration projects.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 17, 2003 to Nov 19, 2004; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | John P. Murtha | Original | Sep 17, 2003 |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Nov 5, 2003 | |
| R-OH | David L. Hobson | Nov 5, 2003 | |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Nov 5, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Nov 5, 2003 | |
| R-CT | Nancy L. Johnson | Nov 5, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Apr 22, 2004 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Apr 22, 2004 | |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Jul 6, 2004 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Jul 6, 2004 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Jul 6, 2004 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Jul 6, 2004 | |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Jul 6, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Jul 6, 2004 | |
| R-FL | Mark Foley | Jul 6, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Martin Frost | Jul 6, 2004 | |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Jul 6, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Jul 6, 2004 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Jul 6, 2004 | |
| R-NY | Vito Fossella | Jul 6, 2004 | |
| R-MS | Charles W. "Chip" Pickering | Nov 19, 2004 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Nov 19, 2004 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Sep 17, 2003 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Oct 6, 2003 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Sep 17, 2003 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Sep 30, 2003 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 20, 2004Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2097)
- Oct 6, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Sep 30, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Sep 17, 2003Introduced in House
- Sep 17, 2003Referred 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E2097 | Deborah Pryce R-OH | Nov 20, 2004 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1629 | Children's Compassionate Care Act of 2003 | Related bill | Sep 17, 2003 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To improve the palliative and end-of-life care provided to children with life-threatening conditions, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Pediatric Palliative Care Act of 2003
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Access to health care
- Ambulatory care
- Caregivers
- Case management
- Child health
- Commerce
- Communication in medicine
- Community health services
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Continuing education
- Continuum of care
- Cost accounting
- Cost effectiveness
- Counseling
- Critically ill
- Curricula
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Evaluation research (Social action programs)
- Families
- Family services
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Federal aid to research
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Health
- Health counseling
- Health insurance
- Health maintenance organizations
- Higher education
- Home care services
- Hospital care
- Hospitals
- Housing and Community Development
- Insurance companies
- Managed care
- Medical education
- Medical fees
- Medical personnel
- Medical records
- Medical research
- Medical residents
- Medically uninsured
- Medicare
- Nurses
- Nursing education
- Pain
- Pharmaceutical research
- Physicians
- Psychiatrists
- Psychologists
- Research grants
- Respite care
- Rural health
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Social work
- Teaching materials
- Teleconferencing
- Telemedicine
- Terminal care
- Terminal care facilities
- Terminally ill
- Volunteer workers
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 17, 2003Introduced in House
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