# 119-hr-3413: Physician and Patient Safety Act

119-hr-3413, Physician and Patient Safety Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-22).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3413
- Congress: 119
- Title: Physician and Patient Safety Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-14
- Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-22

## Summary

**Protect physicians' due-process rights at hospitals** by requiring HHS to issue rules that guarantee fair hearings and confidential appellate review before any restriction, removal, or modification of medical staff privileges. The rules would also limit reporting of those proceedings to the National Practitioner Data Bank except for ongoing patient-safety threats. - Physicians: Physicians granted hospital staff privileges would have a guaranteed fair hearing and appellate review through medical staff mechanisms before termination, restriction, reduction, or withdrawal of their privileges. - Hospitals and contractors: Hospitals and third-party contractors could not deny a hearing by using a contract and could not force physicians to waive hearing or appeal rights as a condition of employment. The Secretary of Health and Human Services would have to finalize these regulations and make them effective within 18 months of enactment. - Patients and employers: Hearings and appeals would be confidential and not reportable to the National Practitioner Data Bank or to future employers unless there is an ongoing threat to patient safety or reporting is otherwise required by existing NPDB rules.

## Cosponsors (7)

- Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13] (R-PA), 2025-05-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] (R-NC), 2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-08-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2025-08-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA), 2025-12-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6] (D-CA), 2026-03-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hoyle, Val T. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2026-08-20T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Fair, confidential hearings for hospital doctors: benefit, low. If enacted, HHS would issue final rules within 18 months. Hospital doctors with staff privileges would get a fair hearing and an appeal before any cut or loss of privileges. Hospitals and contractors could not use contracts to deny a hearing, or make doctors waive these rights to work. Hearings and…

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- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
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## Sources
- [119-hr-3413 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3413)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3514)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hres-166: Expressing support for the Iranian people's desires for a democratic, secular,…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hres-166)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3413 (as of 2026-08-22).