Improving Access to Advance Care Planning Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive cost-sharing for advance care planning services, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 20 (legislative day, December 16), 2024 Mr. Warner (for himself, Ms. Collins, Ms. Baldwin, and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive cost-sharing for advance care planning services, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Access to Advance Care Planning Act''. SEC. 2. MEDICARE COVERAGE OF ADVANCE CARE PLANNING SERVICES. (a) Advance Care Planning Services Defined.--Section 1861 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x) is a…