HR 3119 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

Introduced Jul 21, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Eliot L. Engel D-NY

Latest action · Jul 24, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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.

IntroducedJul 21, 2015
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants or contracts for Palliative Care and Hospice Education Centers. These Centers must improve the training of health professionals in palliative care and establish traineeships for individuals preparing for advanced education nursing degrees, social work degrees, or advanced degrees in physician assistant studies in palliative care.

HHS may make grants to, and enter into contracts with, schools of medicine, schools of osteopathic medicine, teaching hospitals, and graduate medical education programs to support the training of physicians who plan to teach palliative medicine.

HHS must: (1) provide Palliative Medicine and Hospice Academic Career Awards to individuals to promote their career development; (2) award grants or contracts to entities that operate a Palliative Care and Hospice Education Center; (3) award incentive grants or contracts to advanced practice nurses, social workers, physician assistants, pharmacists, chaplains, or students of psychology pursuing an advanced degree in palliative care or related fields; and (4) award grants to schools of nursing, health care facilities, or programs leading to certification as a nurse assistant to train individuals in providing palliative care.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality must provide for a national education and awareness campaign to inform patients, families, and health professionals about the benefits of palliative care.

The National Institutes of Health must expand national research programs in palliative care.

Cosponsors 234

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 21, 2015 to Nov 30, 2016; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver	Original	Jul 21, 2015
R-NY	Tom Reed	Original	Jul 21, 2015
R-OR	Greg Walden		Jul 23, 2015
R-WI	Reid J. Ribble		Jul 29, 2015
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Sep 10, 2015
R-NY	Christopher P. Gibson		Sep 10, 2015
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Sep 10, 2015
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Sep 10, 2015
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Sep 24, 2015
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Sep 24, 2015
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Sep 24, 2015
R-MN	Tom Emmer		Sep 24, 2015
D-MA	William R. Keating		Sep 24, 2015
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Sep 25, 2015
D-NM	Michelle Lujan Grisham		Sep 25, 2015
R-NY	Peter T. King		Sep 25, 2015
R-NY	Richard L. Hanna		Sep 25, 2015
R-OH	Bob Gibbs		Sep 30, 2015
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Sep 30, 2015
D-CT	John B. Larson		Oct 1, 2015
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick		Oct 1, 2015
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Oct 5, 2015
D-MD	Donna F. Edwards		Oct 5, 2015
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins		Oct 5, 2015
R-MT	Ryan K. Zinke		Oct 5, 2015
R-MO	Sam Graves		Oct 5, 2015
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Oct 5, 2015
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Oct 6, 2015
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Oct 6, 2015
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Oct 6, 2015
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Oct 6, 2015
D-TX	Beto O'Rourke		Oct 9, 2015
D-NV	Dina Titus		Oct 9, 2015
R-MN	Erik Paulsen		Oct 9, 2015
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		Oct 9, 2015
R-KY	Andy Barr		Oct 16, 2015
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Oct 16, 2015
D-GA	David Scott		Oct 22, 2015
R-AK	Don Young		Oct 22, 2015
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross		Oct 27, 2015
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Oct 27, 2015
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Oct 28, 2015
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Oct 28, 2015
R-NJ	Leonard Lance		Nov 2, 2015
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch		Nov 2, 2015
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Nov 17, 2015
R-MI	David A. Trott		Nov 17, 2015
D-FL	Lois Frankel		Nov 30, 2015
D-CA	Mark Takano		Nov 30, 2015
R-CA	Paul Cook		Nov 30, 2015
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Nov 30, 2015
R-NJ	Thomas MacArthur		Nov 30, 2015
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz		Nov 30, 2015
R-IL	Rodney Davis		Dec 3, 2015
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Dec 8, 2015
D-FL	Alan Grayson		Dec 17, 2015
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Dec 17, 2015
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Dec 17, 2015
D-MI	Debbie Dingell		Dec 17, 2015
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Dec 17, 2015
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		Dec 17, 2015
D-TX	Filemon Vela		Dec 17, 2015
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Dec 17, 2015
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Dec 17, 2015
D-MN	Richard M. Nolan		Dec 17, 2015
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Dec 17, 2015
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Jan 13, 2016
D-NC	David E. Price		Jan 13, 2016
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Jan 13, 2016
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Jan 13, 2016
D-NE	Brad Ashford		Feb 1, 2016
R-OH	David P. Joyce		Feb 1, 2016
R-MS	Gregg Harper		Feb 1, 2016
D-CA	Juan Vargas		Feb 1, 2016
R-NH	Frank C. Guinta		Feb 4, 2016
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Feb 4, 2016
R-VA	E. Scott Rigell		Feb 23, 2016
D-CA	John Garamendi		Feb 23, 2016
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Feb 23, 2016
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen		Feb 23, 2016
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Mar 3, 2016
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Mar 3, 2016
R-PA	Charles W. Dent		Mar 14, 2016
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Mar 14, 2016
R-KY	Ed Whitfield		Mar 14, 2016
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Mar 14, 2016
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Mar 14, 2016
R-IL	Robert J. Dold		Mar 14, 2016
D-WI	Ron Kind		Mar 14, 2016
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Mar 14, 2016
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Mar 17, 2016
R-TN	David P. Roe		Mar 17, 2016
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Mar 21, 2016
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Mar 22, 2016
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján		Mar 22, 2016
D-IA	David Loebsack		Mar 22, 2016
D-TX	Gene Green		Mar 22, 2016
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Mar 22, 2016
D-OR	Kurt Schrader		Mar 22, 2016
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick		Apr 11, 2016
D-IL	Bill Foster		Apr 11, 2016
D-PA	Chaka Fattah		Apr 11, 2016
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Apr 11, 2016
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice		Apr 11, 2016
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo		Apr 11, 2016
R-PA	Patrick Meehan		Apr 11, 2016
R-IA	Rod Blum		Apr 11, 2016
D-CA	Sam Farr		Apr 11, 2016
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Apr 11, 2016
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Apr 11, 2016
R-TX	Blake Farenthold		Apr 12, 2016
D-CA	Jared Huffman		Apr 12, 2016
R-PA	Lou Barletta		Apr 12, 2016
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey		Apr 12, 2016
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Apr 12, 2016
R-PA	Ryan A. Costello		Apr 12, 2016
R-NY	Chris Collins		Apr 13, 2016
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik		Apr 13, 2016
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries		Apr 13, 2016
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		Apr 13, 2016
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Apr 14, 2016
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Apr 14, 2016
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee		Apr 15, 2016
R-NV	Joseph J. Heck		Apr 15, 2016
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Apr 18, 2016
R-WV	David B. McKinley		Apr 18, 2016
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Apr 18, 2016
D-MD	John K. Delaney		Apr 18, 2016
D-CA	Ami Bera		Apr 21, 2016
D-IN	André Carson		Apr 21, 2016
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Apr 21, 2016
R-WV	Evan H. Jenkins		Apr 21, 2016
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Apr 21, 2016
R-NY	John Katko		Apr 21, 2016
R-CA	Stephen Knight		Apr 21, 2016
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Apr 21, 2016
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Apr 26, 2016
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Apr 26, 2016
R-MI	Candice S. Miller		Apr 28, 2016
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Apr 28, 2016
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Apr 28, 2016
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly		Apr 28, 2016
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas		Apr 29, 2016
D-IL	Cheri Bustos		May 3, 2016
D-VT	Peter Welch		May 3, 2016
R-IN	Susan W. Brooks		May 3, 2016
D-CO	Diana DeGette		May 10, 2016
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger		May 12, 2016
R-FL	Carlos Curbelo		May 12, 2016
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		May 12, 2016
R-NC	David Rouzer		May 12, 2016
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.		May 12, 2016
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		May 12, 2016
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		May 12, 2016
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III		May 12, 2016
D-FL	Kathy Castor		May 12, 2016
R-TX	Pete Olson		May 12, 2016
R-NY	Lee M. Zeldin		May 13, 2016
D-MA	Niki Tsongas		May 13, 2016
R-IA	David Young		May 16, 2016
D-RI	James R. Langevin		May 16, 2016
R-AS	Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen		May 17, 2016
D-NJ	Donald Norcross		May 17, 2016
D-CO	Jared Polis		May 17, 2016
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici		May 17, 2016
R-TX	Bill Flores		May 23, 2016
D-GA	John Lewis		May 23, 2016
R-MI	Dan Benishek		May 24, 2016
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry		May 24, 2016
D-CA	Julia Brownley		May 24, 2016
R-ND	Kevin Cramer		Jun 3, 2016
D-HI	Mark Takai		Jun 3, 2016
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Jun 7, 2016
R-MO	Jason Smith		Jun 9, 2016
D-IN	Peter J. Visclosky		Jun 9, 2016
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Jun 13, 2016
R-WA	David G. Reichert		Jun 13, 2016
R-CO	Doug Lamborn		Jun 15, 2016
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		Jun 15, 2016
R-KS	Mike Pompeo		Jun 20, 2016
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Jun 20, 2016
R-KS	Kevin Yoder		Jun 22, 2016
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Jun 22, 2016
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Jun 24, 2016
D-NY	Steve Israel		Jun 24, 2016
D-CT	Elizabeth H. Esty		Jul 6, 2016
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Jul 6, 2016
R-NC	Renee L. Ellmers		Jul 6, 2016
R-FL	David W. Jolly		Jul 8, 2016
D-FL	Patrick Murphy		Jul 8, 2016
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Jul 14, 2016
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Sep 6, 2016
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Sep 6, 2016
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Sep 6, 2016
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler		Sep 6, 2016
D-CA	Janice Hahn		Sep 6, 2016
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Sep 6, 2016
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Sep 6, 2016
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam		Sep 6, 2016
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Sep 6, 2016
R-CA	David G. Valadao		Sep 13, 2016
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Sep 19, 2016
R-PA	Tom Marino		Sep 19, 2016
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence		Sep 20, 2016
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle		Sep 20, 2016
D-LA	Cedric L. Richmond		Sep 20, 2016
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Sep 20, 2016
D-NY	Grace Meng		Sep 20, 2016
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Sep 20, 2016
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Sep 20, 2016
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Sep 20, 2016
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Sep 20, 2016
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Sep 20, 2016
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Sep 22, 2016
R-WA	Dan Newhouse		Sep 22, 2016
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa		Sep 22, 2016
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego		Sep 22, 2016
R-ME	Bruce Poliquin		Sep 28, 2016
D-PR	Pedro R. Pierluisi		Sep 28, 2016
D-IL	Tammy Duckworth		Sep 28, 2016
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		Nov 14, 2016
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter		Nov 14, 2016
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Nov 14, 2016
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		Nov 14, 2016
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Nov 15, 2016
D-WA	Adam Smith		Nov 30, 2016
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Nov 30, 2016
D-WA	Denny Heck		Nov 30, 2016
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Nov 30, 2016
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		Nov 30, 2016
D-CT	James A. Himes		Nov 30, 2016
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Nov 30, 2016
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Nov 30, 2016
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney		Nov 30, 2016

Committees 1

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 Jul 21, 2015
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Jul 24, 2015

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 24, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 21, 2015Introduced in House
Jul 21, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

In the Congressional Record 2

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
House	Debate and remarks H4819	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL	Jul 13, 2016
House	Lists H5331H.R. 3119–3148	—	Jul 21, 2015

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 114, July 21, 2015, page H5331.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 114-165	EXAMINING LEGISLATION TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH181 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	Sep 8, 2016

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 2748	Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act	Related bill	Apr 5, 2016

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: 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, social work schools, and other programs, including physician assistant education programs, to promote education and research in palliative care and hospice, and to support the development of faculty careers in academic palliative medicine.
Short Titles as Introduced: Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 21, 2015Introduced in House

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