1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Granting Release And Compassion Effectively Act of 2018 or the GRACE Act . 2. Modification of an imposed term of imprisonment Section 3582 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (c)(1)(A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting after Prisons, the following: or, upon motion of the defendant after the defendant has fully exhausted all administrative rights to appeal a failure of the Bureau of Prisons to bring a motion on the defendant's behalf or upon expiration of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which the defendant submitted a request for a sentence reduction under this subsection, whichever is earlier, ; (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: (d) Notification requirements (1) Terminal illness defined In this subsection, the term terminal illness means a disease or condition with an end-of-life trajectory. (2) Notification The Bureau of Prisons shall— (A) in the case of a defendant diagnosed with a terminal illness— (i) not later than 72 hours after the diagnosis, notify the defendant’s designated representatives of the defendant’s condition and inform the defendant’s designated representatives that they may prepare and submit on the defendant’s behalf a request for a sentence reduction pursuant to subsection (c)(1)(A); (ii) not later than 7 days after the date of the diagnosis, provide the defendant’s partner and family members (including extended family) with an opportunity to visit the defendant in person; (iii) upon request from the defendant or a designated representative of the defendant, ensure that the Bureau of Prisons employees assist the defendant in the preparation, drafting, and submission of a request for a sentence reduction pursuant to subsection (c)(1)(A)