MAP for Care Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3473 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3473 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 15, 2025 Mr. Cassidy (for himself and Mr. Coons) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act'' or the ``MAP for Care Act''. SEC. 2. MEDICARE ADVANCE DIRECTIVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. Part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395j et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``medicare advance directive certification program ``Sec. 1849. (a) In General.-- ``(1) Establishment of program.--The Secretary shall establish and implement an Advance Directive Certification Program (in this section referred to as the `Program') under which the Secretary shall encourage eligible beneficiaries to adopt and maintain certified advance directives to guide the delivery of health care to such beneficiaries. The Secretary shall implement the Program not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this section. ``(2) Definitions.--In this section: ``(A) Certified advance directive.--The term `certified advance directive' means an electronically stored written instruction by an eligible beneficiary, such as a living will o