Congress earmarks $12.5 million for palliative care research

Congress earmarks $12.5 million for palliative care research
Hospice News; by Holly Vossel; 5/20/24
Congress recently passed the 2024 Labor Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriation Bill. Introduced in July 2023, the appropriation included $12.5 million in funding to “focus, expand and intensify” palliative care research and workforce development efforts, the bill’s language stated. The funds support the development and implementation of a national multi-disease strategy that will grow palliative care research programs at institutions across the country, according to the National Institute on Aging (NIA), a division of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH). The funding will allow for palliative research projects that may not have been otherwise possible, the NIA stated.
Editor's Note: For more initial information, see the article we posted on 4/4/24, "2024 budget and paylines update: [$12.5 million for palliative care research]."