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1/29/2008--Introduced.<br/>Children's Compassionate Care Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to award grants to: (1) provide training in pediatric palliative care and related services for children with life-threatening conditions; and (2) implement or expand pediatric palliative care programs for such children. Authorizes the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to award training grants to expand the number of physicians, nurses, mental health professionals, and appropriate allied health professionals and specialists with interdisciplinary pediatric palliative clinical training and research experience. Allows the Secretary to award grants to enhance pediatric palliative care and care for children with life-threatening conditions in general pediatric or family practice residency training programs and general or pediatric nursing education programs through the development of model interdisciplinary programs that partner with other health professional schools. Requires the Director to provide grants to fund interdisciplinary research in pediatric pain and symptom management that will utilize existing NIH facilities.<br/>Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish Medicare and private sector pediatric palliative care demonstration projects; and (2) convene a Symposium on Pediatric Palliative Care.<br/>

1203310800 2008-02-18 Fri Nov 07 04:47:28 -0600 2008 introduced 48920 'act':5 '2007':7 'care':4 'children':1 'compassion':3 59245 false short introduced 48920 'end':7 'care':10 'life':9,16 'condit':18 'improv':2 'provid':11 'purpos':22 'palliat':4 'children':13 'threaten':17 'end-of-lif':6 'life-threaten':15 56975 false official action 48920 1203310800 Mon Feb 18 00:00:00 -0600 2008 175116 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. P000555 1951-07-29 1285 Deborah 'pryce':2,4,6 'deborah':1,3,5 F 400327 Pryce Deborah_Pryce D. Deborah Pryce 541 N00003504 4552 Republican Presbyterian Deborah Pryce M001120 1932-06-17 9911 2423 Rayburn House Office Building https://forms.house.gov/murtha/IMA/issue_subscribe.htm 12 202-225-5709 John 'd':4 'pa':5 '-12':6 'rep':1 'john':2,7,9 'murtha':3,8,10 M 400286 Murtha John_P._Murtha P. Rep. John Murtha [D, PA-12] 3497 N00001408 6666 Democrat 202-225-2065 Catholic PA Jack John Murtha 0.222222222222222 http://www.house.gov/murtha/ murthapa12 U000031 1953-04-23 1125 2183 Rayburn House Office Building http://www.house.gov/writerep 6 202-225-4986 Frederick 'r':4 '-6':6 'mi':5 'rep':1 'fred':9 'upton':3,8,11 'frederick':2,7,10 M 400414 Upton Fred_Upton Stephen Rep. Frederick Upton [R, MI-6] 423 Fred N00004133 5220 Republican 202-225-3761 Protestant MI Fred Frederick Upton 5.16666666666667 http://www.house.gov/upton/ action 48920 1203310800 Mon Feb 18 00:00:00 -0600 2008 175116 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. introduced 48920 1201582800 Tue Jan 29 00:00:00 -0600 2008 144244 action 48920 1201582800 Tue Jan 29 00:00:00 -0600 2008 144245 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. action 48920 1201582800 Tue Jan 29 00:00:00 -0600 2008 144246 Referred to House Energy and Commerce action 48920 1201582800 Tue Jan 29 00:00:00 -0600 2008 155000 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. action 48920 1201582800 Tue Jan 29 00:00:00 -0600 2008 144247 Referred to House Ways and Means