; and (D) other areas determined appropriate by the Comptroller General. (2) Definition of palliative care In this section, the term palliative care means patient and family centered care that optimizes quality of life by anticipating, preventing, and treating suffering. Such term includes care that is furnished throughout the continuum of the illness that addresses physical, intellectual, emotional, social, and spiritual needs and that facilitates patient autonomy, access to information and choice. (b) Report Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Congress a report on the study conducted under subsection (a), together with such recommendations as the Comptroller General determines to be appropriate. 103. Improving access in underserved areas (a) Definition of primary care services Section 331(a)(3)(D) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254d(a)(3)(D) ) is amended by inserting and includes renal dialysis services before the period at the end. (b) National health service corps scholarship program Section 338A(a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254l(a)(2) ) is amended by inserting , including nephrology health professionals before the period at the end. (c) National health service corps loan repayment program Section 338B(a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254l–1(a)(2) ) is amended by inserting , including nephrology health professionals before the period at the end. 104. Improving care coordination for dialysis patients (a) Hospitals required To provide information Section 1881 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395rr ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (i) Hospitals required To provide information (1) In general The Secretary shall establish a process under which a hospital or a critical access hospital shall provide a renal dialysis facility with health and treatment information with respect to an individual who is discharged from the hospital or critical access