H.R. 3413

Summary

H.R. 3413, the Physician and Patient Safety Act, was introduced in the House on May 14, 2025 by Rep. Raul Ruiz (D) with 7 co-sponsors. It was referred to Energy And Commerce, and last saw action on May 14, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Record

Text

H.R. 3413 has 7 co-sponsors.

119 HR 3413 IH: Physician and Patient Safety Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-05-14
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 3413  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.
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.

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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

Rep. Raul Ruiz (D) sponsors H.R. 3413, and 7 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Raul Ruiz

Rep. · D–CA-25 · Sponsor

Introduced May 14, 2025

John Joyce

Rep. · R–PA-13 · Co-sponsor

Joined May 14, 2025 · Original

Greg Murphy

Rep. · R–NC-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Aug 12, 2025

Eleanor Norton

Rep. · D–DC-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Aug 15, 2025

Josh Harder

Rep. · D–CA-9 · Co-sponsor

Joined Aug 26, 2025

Scott Peters

Rep. · D–CA-50 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 9, 2025

Ami Bera

Rep. · D–CA-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 17, 2026

Val Hoyle

Rep. · D–OR-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Aug 20, 2026

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Committees

H.R. 3413 went before 1 committee: Energy and Commerce.

Energy and Commerce

Energy and Commerce

Referred To · May 14, 2025 · 1,636 Bills

Actions

H.R. 3413 has taken 2 actions since May 14, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 3413 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to H.R. 3413, as Identical bill.

S 1767Physician and Patient Safety ActMay 14, 2025 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensi… · Identical bill

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Titles

H.R. 3413 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
• 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

9 clients hired 9 firms and 58 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 3413 in 28 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 Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Budget/Appropriations, Education, Automotive Industry, Trade (domestic/foreign), Medicare/Medicaid.

Clients

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Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 58.

Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 3413 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 3413’s is Health.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 3413, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 81 (Wednesday, May 14, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. RUIZ:H.R. 3413.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United StatesConstitution, to provide for the general welfare and make alllaws necessary and proper to carry out the powers ofCongress.[Page H2053]

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