# 119-hr-9696: Saving Lives and Reducing Health Care Waste by Improving Diagnosis in Medicine Act

119-hr-9696, Saving Lives and Reducing Health Care Waste by Improving Diagnosis in Medicine Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-30).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-9696
- Congress: 119
- Title: Saving Lives and Reducing Health Care Waste by Improving Diagnosis in Medicine Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-07-15
- Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-30

## Summary

**Reduce diagnostic errors** and speed adoption of safer, evidence-based diagnostic practices. This bill would create a federal framework to measure diagnostic errors, fund research and training, standardize data, and coordinate agencies to improve diagnosis. - Patients and families would gain new ways to report diagnostic errors and see more research focused on patient-centered outcomes and timeliness. - Clinics and health systems would get support to translate evidence into practice through research centers of diagnostic excellence and updated training grants that emphasize diagnostic safety. - Researchers and federal health agencies would get new data standards, an interagency council to coordinate work, and dedicated funding. It authorizes $45 million per year for 2027–2031 to AHRQ programs and $1.5 million per year for 2027–2030 for the council. *If enacted, this bill would increase federal spending by authorizing $45 million per year for 2027–2031 and $1.5 million per year for 2027–2030.*

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ), 2026-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA), 2026-07-15T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New federal diagnostic safety program: benefit, high. This bill would require the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to set up a national research and quality-improvement program on diagnostic errors. The program would fund Research Centers of Diagnostic Excellence and give grants to plan, start, and operate centers. It would create a multi-st…
- Federal diagnostic data and strategy: benefit, medium. This bill would direct HHS to convene an expert panel to recommend standard data elements, vocabularies, and symptom registries to speed diagnostic research and quality work. It would also create an Interagency Council on Improving Diagnosis, chaired by the AHRQ Director, to write a Strategic Feder…
- Diagnostic training and quality measures: benefit, low. This bill would add 'diagnostic safety and quality' as a new domain for federal quality measure development. It would also allow diagnostic safety and quality research to be included in Ruth L. Kirschstein institutional training awards, AHRQ training programs, and related grants. These changes woul…
- Voluntary patient diagnostic reporting: benefit, low. This bill would require AHRQ to produce a plan within one year to let patients, families, and caregivers voluntarily report diagnostic errors and near misses. Reports collected under the system would be protected from use in civil or criminal court and used only for public health, learning, and imp…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1065: Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025
- 119-hres-23: Proxy Voting for New Parents Resolution

## Sources
- [119-hr-9696 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9696)

## Related
- [119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6900)
- [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-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-1065: Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1065)
- [119-hres-23: Proxy Voting for New Parents Resolution](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hres-23)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9696 (as of 2026-07-30).