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The bill promotes greater awareness, training, and volunteer support for palliative and hospice care—potentially improving end-of-life care—but does not authorize funding or guarantees, risking unmet expectations and shifting burdens onto patients and families where services are unavailable.
Patients with serious illness and their families would have stronger support because the bill emphasizes access to palliative and hospice care, improving quality of life and symptom management.
Healthcare workers would receive more interdisciplinary training opportunities, improving workforce skills in palliative and hospice care.
Hospitals, health systems, and hospice providers could gain increased non-clinical support through volunteer engagement, expanding available services for patients and families.
Patients with serious illness, their families, and healthcare workers may face unmet expectations because the bill emphasizes access and training without authorizing funding to expand services.
Parents, low-income individuals, and rural communities could be left with greater decision-making burdens if they are encouraged to learn about palliative options that are not actually available where they live.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
States congressional findings supporting equitable access to palliative care and hospice, lists care elements, notes 2023 stats, recognizes volunteers, and urges patients to learn and share preferences.
Introduced December 16, 2025 by Jacklyn Sheryl Rosen · Last progress December 16, 2025
Declares findings that access to palliative care and hospice services should be available to everyone in the United States regardless of age, race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status. Describes the goals and core elements of palliative and hospice care—such as interdisciplinary care teams, pain and symptom management, caregiver assistance, emotional and spiritual support, and grief/bereavement services—notes 2023 statistics on service use and provider counts, recognizes the role of volunteers, and encourages patients to learn about options and share care preferences with family and health professionals.