S. 1334: Patient Choice and Quality Care Act of 2017
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S. 1334: Patient Choice and Quality Care Act of 2017
115th Congress · introduced 2017-06-12 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2017-06-12 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title
Patient Choice and Quality Care Act of 2017
Plain 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.
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Patient Choice and Quality Care Act of 2017
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] · 7 cosponsors
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Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Mike Rounds (R-SD)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] reported raising $20.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115s1334.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/s>
Record fed-us-cong115-s1334 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115