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Physician and Patient Safety Act
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue regulations to ensure due process rights for physicians before any termination, restriction, or reduction of the professional activity of such physicians or staff privileges of such physicians.
Summary
This bill requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue regulations guaranteeing due process rights for physicians before hospitals terminate, restrict, or reduce their professional privileges or activities. Physicians must be provided a fair hearing and appellate review through medical staff mechanisms, and hospitals cannot deny these rights through third-party contracts or require physicians to waive them as a condition of employment. The bill specifies that hearings and reviews must remain confidential and not be reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank or other entities, except when there is an ongoing threat to patient safety or when reporting is otherwise required. The regulations must be finalized within 18 months of enactment.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25] (D-CA)
6 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Raul Ruiz’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $112,200
- DAVITA $15,500
- US ACUTE CARE SOLUTIONS $14,100
- CHANDI GROUP USA, INC. $13,200
- ST. GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY $13,200
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Raul Ruiz → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- May 14, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
- May 14, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 14, 2025
Mr. Ruiz (for himself and Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue regulations to ensure due process rights for physicians before any termination, restriction, or reduction of the professional activity of such physicians or staff privileges of such physicians.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Physician and Patient Safety Act”.
SEC. 2. REGULATIONS TO ENSURE DUE PROCESS RIGHTS FOR PHYSICIANS.
(a) In General.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall issue final regulations to provide that physicians who have been granted medical staff privileges at a hospital have a fair hearing and appellate review through appropriate medical staff mechanisms before any termination, restriction, or reduction of the professional activity of such physicians or staff privileges of such physicians at such hospital.
(b) Requirements of Regulations.—The regulations described in subsection (a) shall provide that—
(1) a hearing or appellate review may not be denied through a third-party contract;
(2) a physician shall not be requested or required to waive their rights to such a hearing or appellate review as a condition of employment, either with the hospital or with a third-party contractor; and
(3) any such hearing or appellate review shall be confidential and not reportable to any entity, including the National Practitioner Data Bank or future workplaces or employers, unless there is an ongoing threat to patient safety, or as otherwise required under the reporting requirements for hospitals established by the National Practitioner Data Bank.
(c) Effective Date.—The final regulations promulgated under subsection (a) shall take effect not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act. <all>
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