Help Build Support for the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA, S. 2243)!

The Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA, S. 2243) was introduced in Senate for the 118th Congress on July 11, 2023. Now we need your help to build bipartisan support for the bill. The Patient Quality of Life Coalition (PQLC) invites you to participate in one or more of the activities outlined below to build cosponsors for PCHETA and thank Senators who are already cosponsors.

#1 Constituent Support Letters

Timing: Now - September 8th

Individuals are invited to sign a PCHETA support letter to your U.S. Senator by completing this Google Form. If you live and work in multiple states, we encourage you to sign letters to multiple U.S. Senators in different states by completing the Google Form multiple times.

We are asking individuals to sign this letter, not organizations. Multiple individuals from within any one organization, family, or practice are welcome to sign on. The purpose of these letters is to demonstrate to senators that individuals in their states support the bill and request they cosponsor PCHETA. More than 60 organizations support this legislation, but many senators need to hear from their constituents that this issue is important back home.

Google Form to sign the constituent support letters: https://forms.gle/STWiDYQgGwhqne816

Template draft letters are included in the Google Form if you would like to review. Once we have collected constituent signatures, we will individualize the letters to Senators based on whether:

  • they are previous cosponsors who have not yet signed back on to the bill in the current Congress, 
  • we are asking them to cosponsor the bill for the firs time, or
  • they are already a cosponsor of the bill, and we want to thank them for their support.

By completing this sign-on form you will be added to the appropriate letter(s) based on your STATE.

Please complete Google Form

Deadline: Friday, September 8, 6 pm ET.

If you are not able to access Google Forms, please send Auda Martinez ([email protected]) an email before Friday, September 8 at 4 pm MT with the following information:

  • Email address
  • FIRST & LAST NAME and credentials exactly as they want it reflected on the letter (e.g., “Jane R. Anderson, MSN”)
  • Optional: Institution / Practice / Etc. (e.g., Pediatric Palliative Care Team, OU College of Medicine or Attending Physician, Division of Palliative Medicine, Maine Medical Center)
  • CITY
  • STATE
  • ZIP CODE

#2 Action Alerts

Two PQLC members have graciously offered their Legislative Action Centers to help build bi-partisan co-sponsorship for PCHETA. By using one of these links, you can quickly and easily send a pre-populated message to your Senator.

American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Hospice Action Network (an affiliate of NHPCO)

You can also find links to the Action Alerts on the PQLC website, here.

#3 Social Media - Twitter

Tweet at your U.S. Senator directly using this memo (includes all U.S. Senators Twitter handles). Be sure to check the status of S. 2243 to confirm whether one or both of your Senators is a cosponsor already!

 

PCHETA RESOURCES