# 119-hr-5895: Protect Patients from Healthcare Abuse Act

119-hr-5895, Protect Patients from Healthcare Abuse Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3] (D-MA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5895
- Congress: 119
- Title: Protect Patients from Healthcare Abuse Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-10-31
- Sponsor: Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3] (D-MA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**This bill would, beginning January 1, 2026, require Medicare provider organizations to adopt written informed-consent policies and to provide trained chaperones for sensitive procedures.** - Patients and families would get written notices about rights to know their health status, help plan care, give informed consent before items or services, and ask for a chaperone during sensitive procedures. - Medicare providers would need to keep written policies and procedures on those rights and make compliance a condition of participation. - Clinical staff would receive education and training on what counts as a sensitive procedure, how to act as a chaperone, and how to report sexual abuse to a designated supervisor. - "Sensitive procedure" is defined to include exams or procedures involving genitalia, breasts, perianal area, or rectum, and any exam a patient considers sensitive.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2025-10-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI), 2025-10-31T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New consent and chaperone rights for Medicare patients: benefit, low. Starting January 1, 2026, Medicare-participating providers would need new consent and chaperone policies. Adult patients (or a surrogate if state law allows) would get written information on their rights: to be told their health status, help plan care, give informed consent before services, and ask…

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- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act
- 119-hr-3069: Medicare for All Act
- 119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
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## Sources
- [119-hr-5895 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5895)

## Related
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3971)
- [119-hr-3069: Medicare for All Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3069)
- [119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7853)
- [119-hres-1058: Recognizing that it is the duty of the Federal Government to develop and implem…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hres-1058)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5895 (as of 2026-09-21).