Improving Access to Advance Care Planning Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 2
- Latest action
- Sep 18, 2025
What it does
The Improving Access to Advance Care Planning Act would amend the Social Security Act to eliminate cost-sharing for advance care planning services under Medicare Part B, effective January 1, 2027, by making such services fully covered without deductibles or coinsurance. It defines advance care planning services as discussions about health care preferences, future medical decisions, and advance directives provided by eligible practitioners—including physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, clinical social workers with relevant training or experience, and other practitioners deemed appropriate by the Secretary. The bill also removes geographic…
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Where it goes next
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