1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2019 . (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Title I—Increasing Awareness, Expanding Preventive Services, and Improving Care Coordination Sec. 101. Increasing access to Medicare kidney disease education benefit. Sec. 102. Improving patient lives and quality of care through research and innovation. Sec. 103. Understanding current utilization of palliative care services. Sec. 104. Understanding the progression of kidney disease and treatment of kidney failure in minority populations. Sec. 105. Improving access in underserved areas. Sec. 106. Improving care coordination for dialysis patients by requiring hospitals to provide information. Title II—Incentivizing Innovation for Truly Innovative New Drugs, Biologicals, Devices, and Other Technologies Sec. 201. Maintaining an economically stable dialysis infrastructure. Title III—Improving the Accuracy and Transparency of End Stage Renal Disease Quality Programs Sec. 301. Improving patient decision making and transparency by consolidating and modernizing quality programs. Title IV—Empowering Patients Sec. 401. Medigap coverage for beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease. I Increasing Awareness, Expanding Preventive Services, and Improving Care Coordination 101. Increasing access to Medicare kidney disease education benefit (a) In general Section 1861(ggg) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x(ggg) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting or stage V after stage IV ; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting or of a physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or clinical nurse specialist (as defined in section 1861(aa)(5)) assisting in the treatment of the individual's kidney condition after kidney condition ; and (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) by striking subparagraph (B)