Topic

Living wills

Bills 48 First seen 107th Most recent 110th

48 bills on this subject

Filed across 4 Congresses, from the 107th to the 110th, and most in the 109th at 17. A subject is a heading the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, and a bill usually carries several, so these are the bills that touch this subject rather than the bills only about it.

Bills by Congress 107th to 110th
48 bills across every Congress on file. Showing 1–30, newest first.
Bill Title Congress Latest action
HCONRES 323 Expressing Congressional support for the goals and ideals of National Health Care Decisions Day. 110th April 23, 2008
HJRES 77 Expressing Congressional support for the goals and ideals of National Health Care Decisions Day. 110th March 12, 2008
HR 7181 Life Sustaining Treatment Preferences Act of 2008 110th September 28, 2008
HR 6331 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 110th July 15, 2008
HR 5702 Advance Directive Promotion Act of 2008 110th April 4, 2008
S 1783 Ten Steps to Transform Health Care in America Act 110th August 2, 2007
S 466 Medicare End-of-Life Care Planning Act of 2007 110th January 31, 2007
S 465 Advance Directives Improvement and Education Act of 2007 110th January 31, 2007
S 464 Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act of 2007 110th January 31, 2007
S 334 Healthy Americans Act 110th September 7, 2007
SCONRES 73 A concurrent resolution expressing Congressional support for the goals and ideals of National Health Care Decisions Day. 110th April 9, 2008
SJRES 29 A joint resolution expressing Congressional support for the goals and ideals of National Health Care Decisions Day. 110th March 12, 2008
HR 4249 Living Well with Fatal Chronic Illness Act of 2005 109th November 22, 2005
HR 2259 Patients' Bill of Rights Act of 2005 109th May 31, 2005
HR 2058 Advance Directives Improvement and Education Act of 2005 109th May 23, 2005
HR 1452 For the relief of the parents of Theresa Marie Schiavo. 109th March 20, 2005
HR 1334 Protection of Incapacitated Persons Act of 2005 109th March 16, 2005
HR 1332 Protection of Incapacitated Persons Act of 2005 109th March 20, 2005
HR 1151 Incapacitated Persons Legal Protection Act of 2005 109th March 10, 2005
HR 467 Geriatric and Chronic Care Management Act of 2005 109th February 10, 2005
HRES 934 Supporting the goals and ideals of Plan Ahead with an Advance Directive Week. 109th December 7, 2006
HRES 217 Supporting the rights of individuals to make medical decisions as guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution and encouraging all Americans to set forth their wishes in living wills that designate health care surrogates and in other advance directives. 109th May 10, 2005
S 1012 Patients' Bill of Rights Act of 2005 109th May 12, 2005
S 686 A bill to provide for the relief of the parents of Theresa Marie Schiavo. 109th March 21, 2005
S 653 A bill for the relief of the family of Theresa Marie Schiavo. 109th March 20, 2005
S 570 Advance Directives Education Act of 2005 109th March 10, 2005
S 539 Incapacitated Persons Legal Protection Act of 2005 109th March 8, 2005
S 347 Advance Directives Improvement and Education Act of 2005 109th February 10, 2005
S 40 Geriatric and Chronic Care Management Act of 2005 109th January 24, 2005
HR 4689 Geriatric and Chronic Care Management Act of 2004 108th July 7, 2004

Subjects are the headings the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, not labels written here, so the wording is theirs. Bills are listed newest first by their latest action. A bill carries several subjects, so it appears under each of them. Records come from Congress.gov.