S. 2243 · 118th Congress

Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

Introduced on Jul 11, 2023 by Tammy Baldwin (D-WI). 20 cosponsors, 10 of them from another party. Latest action (Jul 11, 2023): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jul 11, 2023
Cosponsors
20
10 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the number of permanent faculty in palliative care at accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools and other programs, including social work, physician assistant, and chaplaincy education programs, to promote education and research in palliative care and hospice, and to support the development of faculty careers in academic palliative and hospice care.

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Tammy BaldwinD-WISponsor

Democrats · 8

Independents · 2

Republicans · 10

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Jul 11, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Jul 11, 2023 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. Hospice Action Network10 reports
    $1.4M reported (all issues)
  2. VITAS Healthcare Corporation10 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)
  3. Alzheimer's Association8 reports
    $7.7M reported (all issues)
  4. Compassion and Choices6 reports
    $360K reported (all issues)
  5. ASSOCIATION FOR CLINICAL ONCOLOGY5 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  6. American Heart Association5 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, INC.$333.7K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  7. CATHOLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES5 reports
    $860.7K reported (all issues)
  8. PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $610K reported (all issues)
  9. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society5 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)
  10. The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. dba Susan G. Komen5 reports
    $370K reported (all issues)
  11. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HOME CARE & HOSPICE4 reports
    $900K reported (all issues)
  12. Oncology Nursing Society4 reports
    $246.2K reported (all issues)
  13. American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Inc.3 reports
    $5.5M reported (all issues)
  14. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center3 reports
    $420K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER$1.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  15. American Academy of Pediatrics1 report
    $170K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS$442.6K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  16. National Alliance for Care at Home (formerly Natl Assn for Home Care & Hospice)1 report
    $180K reported (all issues)
  17. National Brain Tumor Society1 report
    $20K reported (all issues)
  18. SSM Health1 report
    $30K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: SSM HEALTH CARE GROUP$602.8K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%

Reports filed in 2023, 2024, 2025.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.