S. 1767

Summary

S. 1767, the Physician and Patient Safety Act, was introduced in the Senate on May 14, 2025 by Sen. Roger Marshall (R) with 2 co-sponsors. It was referred to Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions, and last saw action on May 14, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Record

Text

S. 1767 has 2 co-sponsors.

119 S1767 IS: Physician and Patient Safety Act
 U.S. Senate
 2025-05-14
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  II
  119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
  S. 1767
  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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Physician and Patient Safety Act  .
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.

Tracker

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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.

Sponsors

Sen. Roger Marshall (R) sponsors S. 1767, and 2 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Roger Marshall

Sen. · R–KS · Sponsor

Introduced May 14, 2025

Elizabeth Warren

Sen. · D–MA · Co-sponsor

Joined May 14, 2025 · Original

Adam Schiff

Sen. · D–CA · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 9, 2025

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Committees

S. 1767 went before 1 committee: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Referred To · May 14, 2025 · 747 Bills

Actions

S. 1767 has taken 2 actions since May 14, 2025.

Votes

S. 1767 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to S. 1767, as Identical bill.

HR 3413Physician and Patient Safety ActMay 14, 2025 · Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · Identical bill

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Titles

S. 1767 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Physician and Patient Safety Act — Display Title
• Physician and Patient Safety Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• 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. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

4 clients hired 4 firms and 44 registered lobbyists who named S. 1767 in 19 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Health Issues, Budget/Appropriations, Education, Medicare/Medicaid, Veterans, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Immigration.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 44.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 1767 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 1767’s is Health.

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com