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S. 693: Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

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S. 693: Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-03-22 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-03-22 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

Plain 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 provide support 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 provide support to schools of medicine, schools of osteopathic medicine, teaching hospitals, and graduate medical education programs for training 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) support entities that operate a Palliative Care and Hospice Education Center; (3) support 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.

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Official text

Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] · 56 cosponsors

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Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Jerry Moran (R-KS), John Boozman (R-AR), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Jack Reed (D-RI), Mike Crapo (R-ID), James E. Risch (R-ID), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), John Hoeven (R-ND), John Kennedy (R-LA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Tina Smith (D-MN), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Martin Heinrich (D-NM)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] reported raising $3.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-s693 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115