Patient Choice and Quality Care Act of 2017
Latest action · Jun 15, 2017 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.
- IntroducedJun 7, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 7, 2017 to Nov 2, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Original | Jun 7, 2017 |
| R-MS | Gregg Harper | Jun 20, 2017 | |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Jun 20, 2017 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Jun 27, 2017 | |
| R-IA | David Young | Jul 18, 2017 | |
| R-TN | John J. Duncan, Jr. | Jul 19, 2017 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Jul 24, 2017 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Jul 24, 2017 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Jul 28, 2017 | |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Aug 1, 2017 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Aug 1, 2017 | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | Sep 12, 2017 | |
| D-NV | Ruben J. Kihuen | Sep 12, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Sep 13, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Sep 26, 2017 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Oct 2, 2017 | |
| D-IN | Peter J. Visclosky | Oct 2, 2017 | |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Oct 2, 2017 | |
| R-GA | Austin Scott | Oct 12, 2017 | |
| R-GA | Rob Woodall | Oct 12, 2017 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Oct 24, 2017 | |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Apr 25, 2018 | |
| R-TN | Scott DesJarlais | Apr 26, 2018 | |
| R-KS | Roger Marshall | May 7, 2018 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 11, 2018 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | May 11, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Jun 5, 2018 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Nov 2, 2018 |
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 Jun 7, 2017 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 9, 2017 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jun 7, 2017 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 15, 2017 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 15, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jun 9, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jun 7, 2017Introduced in House
- Jun 7, 2017Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E777-778)
- Jun 7, 2017Referred 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 E777 | Earl Blumenauer D-OR | Jun 7, 2017 |
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 97, June 7, 2017, page H4701.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1334 | Patient Choice and Quality Care Act of 2017 | Related bill | Jun 12, 2017 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for advanced illness care coordination services for Medicare beneficiaries, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Patient Choice and Quality Care Act of 2017
Subjects
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- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
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Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 7, 2017Introduced in House
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