# 119-hr-10013: Compassionate Care Act

119-hr-10013, Compassionate Care Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-13).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-10013
- Congress: 119
- Title: Compassionate Care Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-08-03
- Sponsor: Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-13

## Summary

**The Compassionate Care Act would create a federal framework to expand and standardize advance care planning.** It would fund a national education campaign, boost provider training and curricula, expand telehealth for advance care planning and hospice recertification, and push interoperable, portable advance directives and quality measurement across Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, Indian Health Service, and other qualified providers. - Families and patients would get more outreach and tools. A national, multilingual public education campaign would run for at least five years and promote portable advance directives, hospice, palliative care, and conversations with family and providers. - Clinicians, trainees, and chaplains would face new training and continuing education requirements. The bill would fund pilot curricula in medical and allied health programs and require continuing education design by January 1, 2027. - Health systems and technology would get demonstrations and standards to improve electronic storage, sharing, signatures, witness authentication, and notarization of advance directives. The bill would also remove geographic limits on telehealth for advance care planning beginning January 1, 2027.

## Cosponsors (6)

- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- National advance care planning campaign: benefit, medium. If enacted, HHS (through CDC) would run a national public education campaign about planning medical care ahead of time. The campaign would start by January 1, 2027 and run continuously for at least five years. Materials would be culturally and linguistically appropriate and promote advance directiv…
- Telehealth for hospice and planning: benefit, low. If enacted, Medicare rules would let telehealth satisfy the face-to-face visit required for hospice recertification, including after emergency periods. The bill would also remove geographic limits for advance care planning telehealth services furnished on or after January 1, 2027. This would make i…
- More training for palliative care providers: benefit, low. If enacted, HHS would fund grants to medical, nursing, social work, and related programs to add or expand palliative and end-of-life training. Grants would require rotations across settings like hospice and home health, performance measures, and faculty retraining within two years. HRSA would also…
- Electronic health record standards and reporting: mixed, medium. If enacted, HHS and ONC would run demonstrations and set standards to make advance directives usable and portable in electronic health records. ONC and NIST demos would test electronic signatures, witness authentication, and electronic notarization for advance directives. AHRQ would develop patient…
- Repeal of 1990 Medicaid provision: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would repeal Section 4751(d) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990. The text does not explain how this repeal would change benefits or eligibility. Medicaid program stakeholders would be the main group affected by any downstream administrative or rule changes.

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-5658: Child Care for Every Community Act
- 119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act
- 119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-hr-10013 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10013)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-5658: Child Care for Every Community Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5658)
- [119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3971)
- [119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7853)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10013 (as of 2026-08-13).