Saving Lives and Reducing Health Care Waste by Improving Diagnosis in Medicine Act
Sponsored By: Representative Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8]
Introduced
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.
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- 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.*
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
New federal diagnostic safety program
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-stakeholder advisory committee that must include patients and family members. The bill would authorize $45 million per year for fiscal years 2027 through 2031, and the money would remain available until spent.
Federal diagnostic data and strategy
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 Federal Plan within 18 months. The council must update the plan by July 31 of every odd-numbered year after the first plan. The bill would authorize unspecified sums for the data work for FY2027–2029 and $1.5 million per year for fiscal years 2027 through 2030 for the council.
Diagnostic training and quality measures
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 would broaden training and measure topics and would take effect upon enactment.
Voluntary patient diagnostic reporting
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 improvement. The plan must include privacy safeguards and consider modern data methods like natural language processing and AI. The bill would authorize $20 million per year for fiscal years 2027 through 2030, and the money would remain available until spent.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8]
VA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2]
NJ • R
Sponsored 7/15/2026
Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]
WA • D
Sponsored 7/15/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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