Congress funds better end-of-life care training and patient choice
H.R. 10013 — Compassionate Care Act · Filed by Nanette Barragán (D-CA) · 6 cosponsors · Introduced Aug 3, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill establishes federal grant programs and requirements to improve end-of-life care training in medical schools and healthcare provider education, mandates development of quality measures for end-of-life care across healthcare settings, expands telehealth access for hospice recertification and advance care planning, and funds studies on creating a national advance directive policy and registry. The primary beneficiaries are healthcare professionals (through training grants and continuing education), patients and families (through improved advance care planning access and quality standards), and the healthcare system (through standardized quality measurement).
Why we flagged it
The bill's core mechanism is establishing federal grant programs and quality standards for end-of-life care training and measurement. It is fundamentally a public health infrastructure bill, not a market intervention or private carve-out.
What the text implies
- Telehealth expansion for advance care planning (Section 122) removes geographic restrictions permanently as of 2027, potentially shifting end-of-life consultations away from in-person visits and reducing revenue for some hospice/palliative care providers who rely on facility-based billing.
- National advance directive registry study (Section 202) could eventually standardize advance directives across state lines, overriding state-specific legal variations—a significant federalism shift if implemented, though the bill only funds feasibility study.
The full analysis lists 4 implications of this text.
Who stands to gain
medical schools and nursing schools (grant recipients); healthcare education programs (physician assistant, allied health, social work programs); telehealth technology vendors (expanded reimbursement for advance care planning services)