United States · Bill · S
S. 1629 (108th)
Children's Compassionate Care Act of 2003
Introduced
17 September 2003
Last action
17 September 2003 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11682-11685)
Sponsors
Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH], Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT], Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA], Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
18 August 2025
Summary
Children's Compassionate Care Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to: (1) provide training in pediatric palliative care and related services; (2) implement or expand pediatric palliative care programs for children with life-threatening conditions; (3) expand the number of physicians, nurses, mental health professionals, and appropriate allied health professionals and specialists with pediatric palliative clinical training and research experience; (4) enhance pediatric palliative care and care for children with life-threatening conditions in general pediatric or family practice residency training programs through the development of model programs; and (5) fund research in pediatric pain and symptom management that will utilize existing facilities of the National Institutes of Health. Provides for Medicare and private sector pediatric palliative care demonstration projects.
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Timeline
17 September 2003
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11682-11685)
Source: IntroReferral
17 September 2003
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11680-11682)
Source: IntroReferral
17 September 2003
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 17 September 2003 · Download file
Documents
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Introduced in Senate (text)
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Introduced in Senate
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Sponsors
- Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] · D · Cosponsor
- · sshr00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Pediatric Palliative Care Act of 2003
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1629
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1629
- us · 108-s-1629 · source updated 18 August 2025