Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act of 1999

Summary

Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act of 1999 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop outcome standards and measures to evaluate health care program and project performance in providing quality end-of-life care and to report to Congress on such development. Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, with regard to advance directives in order to: (1) require service providers and eligible organizations to provide an appropriately trained professional for discussing advance directive issues with all adult individuals receiving medical care by or through such entities; and (2) ensure that an advance directive valid in one State will be honored in another State. Requires the Secretary to study and report to Congress on: (1) the implementation of this Act; and (2) all matters relating to the creation of a national uniform policy on advance directives. Requires the Secretary, through the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), to: (1) establish and operate a clearinghouse and 24-hour toll-free telephone hotline to provide consumer information about advance directives and end-of-life decision making; (2) conduct ongoing evaluations of innovative health care programs that provide end-of-life care to Medicare beneficiaries who are seriously ill or who suffer from a medical condition that is likely to be fatal; and (3) conduct demonstration projects to develop new and innovative approaches to providing such end-of-life care. Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress on the quality of end-of-life care under Medicare, together with any suggestions for legislation to improve the quality of such care. Provides for necessary funding of such evaluations, demonstration projects, and annual reports. Amends SSA title XVIII, as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, to provide for Medicare coverage of self-administered prescription drugs which are prescribed for the relief of chronic pain in patients with a life-threatening disease or condition. Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress on the quality of end-of-life care under Medicare, together with recommendations for appropriate legislation to improve the quality of such care.

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Timeline

1. 17 March 1999

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 17 March 1999

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 17 March 1999

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 17 March 1999

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

5. 18 March 1999

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E499-500)

   Source: IntroReferral

6. 6 April 1999

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 17 March 1999 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in House (text)

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 17 March 1999

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Sponsors

• SANDER LEVIN · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Greenwood, James C. [R-PA-8] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8] · R · Sponsor
• CAROLYN MALONEY · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Sandlin, Max [D-TX-1] · D · Sponsor
• LOUISE SLAUGHTER · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Meek, Carrie P. [D-FL-17] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-13] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1] · D · Cosponsor
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