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State Registries for Advance Directives Act of 2022

H.R. 7608 · 117th Congress · Apr 27, 2022 · Lineage

A BILL

To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States to develop, improve, or maintain a State registry of advance directives.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “State Registries for Advance Directives Act of 2022”.

Sec. 2 Grants for State registries of advance directives

(a)
In general— The Secretary of Health and Human Services may award grants to States to develop, improve, or maintain, directly or by contract, a State registry of advance directives.
(b)
Authorization of appropriations— To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2023 through 2027.