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NJ ACR109
Concurrent Resolution
Status
2/5/2024
Primary Sponsor
Shanique Speight
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AI Summary
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Urges Congress to pass the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA), which would authorize the Department of Health and Human Services to fund palliative care education centers and fellowship programs
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Calls on New Jersey's Congressional delegation to support a carve-out from CMS graduate medical education funding caps specifically for palliative care fellowships
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Requests state-designated graduate medical education payments targeted to institutions creating palliative care fellowship programs
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Notes New Jersey currently has only two one-year palliative care fellowship programs, both at Rowan University institutions (Cooper Medical School and School of Osteopathic Medicine)
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Addresses the projected shortage of palliative care specialists as the U.S. population ages and develops more chronic, progressive illnesses
Legislative Description
Urges Congress to pass "Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act" and fund initiatives to expand palliative care.
Health
Last Action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Committee
2/5/2024