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 programs offer patients and families appropriate and patient-centered care, delivered by an interdisciplinary care team. These programs should serve as models for advanced illness care delivery. (8) Individuals have the well-established right to accept or reject medical treatment that is offered and all individuals should be afforded the opportunity to fully participate in decisions related to their health care. (9) Too often, individuals with serious, chronic progressive, or advanced illness do not understand the conditions they are facing or their treatment options, and they do not receive the information or support they need to evaluate treatment options in light of their personal goals and values and to document treatment plans in a manner that allows providers and facilities to follow their plans. (10) Providing high-quality advanced care planning services and supports to individuals with serious, chronic progressive, or advanced illness will protect and preserve their dignity and ensure care is aligned with an individual’s goals, values, and stated preferences. 3. Advanced illness care and management model Section 1115A of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1315a ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by adding at the end the following new sentence: The models selected under this subparagraph shall include the model described in subsection (h), which shall be implemented by not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the Patient Choice and Quality Care Act of 2017 .