1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Expanding Access to Palliative Care Act . 2. Community-based palliative care 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 testing of the model described in subsection (h). ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (h) Community-Based palliative care model (1) In general The CMI shall develop and implement a model to provide community-based palliative care and care coordination for high-risk beneficiaries, in co-management with other providers of services and suppliers, aimed at improving outcomes and experience of care and reducing unnecessary or unwanted emergency department visits and hospitalizations (in this subsection referred to as the model ), and that is intended to replace the Medicare Care Choices Model. (2) Duration The model shall be implemented for a 5-year period, beginning not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this subsection. (3) Target population (A) In general The target population for the model is an individual— (i) entitled to, or enrolled for, benefits under part A of title XVIII