S. 2565: Expanding Access to Palliative Care Act
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S. 2565: Expanding Access to Palliative Care Act
117th Congress · introduced 2021-07-29 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2021-07-29 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Expanding Access to Palliative Care Act
Plain summary
Expanding Access to Palliative Care Act This bill requires the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to test a model that provides community-based palliative care and care coordination for high-risk Medicare beneficiaries and that may replace the Medicare Care Choices Model (currently set to expire on December 31, 2021). Under the new model, multi-disciplinary teams must provide coordinated, palliative care that is available 24-7 for Medicare beneficiaries with serious illnesses or injuries, such as cancer. The CMMI must evaluate the model by comparing patients participating in the model with those outside of the model in relation to specified metrics, including the election and duration of hospice care.
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Official text
Expanding Access to Palliative Care Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] · 8 cosponsors
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John Barrasso (R-WY), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] reported raising $1.8 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-117s2565.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/s>
Record fed-us-cong117-s2565 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117