This measure would add new programs and funding to train more health professionals in palliative care and hospice, support faculty careers, expand short-term fellowships, and promote research and public information. It amends parts of the Public Health Service Act to create: grant and contract programs for Palliative Care and Hospice Education Programs; grants for palliative medicine physician training; Palliative Care and Hospice Academic Career Awards for junior faculty; workforce development fellowships; career incentive awards for students and trainees; and a requirement for federal agencies to post and share palliative care information. It also directs the National Institutes of Health to develop a strategy to expand palliative care research and to include palliative care in research reporting beginning January 1, 2026. The bill sets an effective date of 90 days after enactment and includes a restriction that funds cannot be used for services barred by section 3 of Public Law 105-12. It also states that palliative care and hospice may not be provided to cause or assist in causing a patient’s death.
The sponsors state the measure is meant to increase the number of permanent faculty and trained professionals in palliative care and hospice, promote education and research, and support career development for academic palliative and hospice specialists. The text gives priorities for funding to benefit rural and medically underserved areas, pediatric and racial and ethnic minority populations, and to encourage integration of palliative care across care settings.
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