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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 create regulations that guarantee physicians at hospitals receive fair hearings and the right to appeal before losing their medical staff privileges or having their professional activities restricted or terminated. The regulations must ensure physicians cannot be forced to waive these hearing and appeal rights as a condition of employment, and that hearings remain confidential and not reported to databases like the National Practitioner Data Bank—except when there is an ongoing patient safety threat or other legally required reporting applies. Third-party contracts cannot be used to deny physicians the right to a hearing or appeal. The regulations must be completed within 18 months of the bill becoming law.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] (R-KS)
2 cosponsors
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA)
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] (D-MA)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Roger Marshall’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $46,314
- PYRAMID SOUND $19,800
- GROWITZ EQUITY $13,200
- SPECCHEM $13,200
- ONYX EQUITY PARTNERS $13,200
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Roger Marshall → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- May 14, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · senate
- May 14, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 14, 2025
Mr. Marshall (for himself and Ms. Warren) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
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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