Children's Compassionate Care Act of 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Feb 17, 2005

Children's Compassionate Care Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to provide training in pediatric palliative care and related services.

Allows the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to award grants to implement or expand pediatric palliative care programs for children with life-threatening conditions.

Authorizes the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand the number of physicians, nurses, mental health professionals, and appropriate allied health professionals and specialists with pediatric palliative clinical training and research experience.

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Allows the Secretary to award grants to 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.

Requires the Director to provide translational research grants to fund research in pediatric pain and symptom management that will utilize existing NIH facilities.

Requires the Secretary to establish Medicare and private sector pediatric palliative care demonstration projects.

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People & committees

Who introduced it

Rep. Pryce, Deborah [R-OH-15] · R–OH

Committees

Energy and Commerce Committee
Ways and Means Committee

14 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

Legislative record

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Mar 14, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 3, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 17, 2005
Referred to the Committee on Energy and 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.
Feb 17, 2005
Referred to the Committee on Energy and 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.
Feb 17, 2005
Referred to the Committee on Energy and 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.
Feb 17, 2005
Introduced in House
Feb 17, 2005
Introduced in House

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S 174 · Children's Compassionate Care Act of 2005

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