This bill aims to improve end-of-life care in America by promoting advance care planning, which allows people to communicate their medical preferences in advance if they become unable to make decisions themselves. The legislation requires the federal government to launch a national public education campaign about advance care planning, develop training programs for healthcare providers in end-of-life care, and create a public website to help both patients and providers navigate these issues. It also establishes quality measures for end-of-life care across different healthcare settings and allows Medicare to permanently use telehealth for advance care planning discussions and hospice recertification visits. Additionally, the bill directs the government to study whether a national registry for advance directives is feasible and to examine barriers to creating uniform advance directive policies across states. While the legislation does not specify a total funding amount, it authorizes necessary appropriations for the public education campaign and grant programs supporting healthcare education institutions in establishing end-of-life training requirements.
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