; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings. Sec. 3. Advanced illness care and management model. Sec. 4. Quality measurement development and implementation. Sec. 5. Enhancing coverage of advance care planning services. Sec. 6. Advance care planning support tools. Sec. 7. Advance directives. Sec. 8. Additional requirements for facilities. Sec. 9. Grants for increasing public awareness and training. Sec. 10. Advance Care Planning Advisory Council. Sec. 11. Annual report on Medicare decedents. Sec. 12. Rule of construction. 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) The population of the United States is estimated to age rapidly, with the number of people over the age of 65 set to double to more than 98 million, or 1 in 5 Americans, by 2040. (2) As Americans live longer and healthier lives, they also face increased incidence of multiple serious or chronic progressive conditions and advanced illness as they age. (3) Americans with serious, chronic progressive, or advanced illness face a complicated and fragmented system of care delivery that puts them at risk for repeat hospitalizations, adverse drug reactions, and conflicting medical advice that may be overwhelming to individuals and families. (4) The progression of serious, chronic progressive, or advanced illness leads to the need for increasingly intensive decision support, health care services, and support from family caregivers. (5) The complexity of care needed by individuals with serious, chronic progressive, or advanced illness may result in uncoordinated care, adverse health outcomes, frustration, wasted time, and undue emotional burdens on individuals and their family caregivers. (6) Numerous private sector leaders, including hospitals, health systems, home health agencies, hospice programs, long-term care providers, employers, and other entities, have put in place innovative solutions to provide more comprehensive and coordinated care for Americans living with serious, chronic progressive, or advanced illness. (7) Hospice and palliative care