Proposed
Bill · 119th Congress · HR 5895
Protect Patients from Healthcare Abuse Act
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Introduced 2025-10-31Topic: health careSummary
AI-generated summary, report an errorThis bill would add new requirements for hospitals and other providers that take part in Medicare, starting January 1, 2026. Providers would have to keep written policies to give adult patients written information about their rights, including the right to know their health status, help plan their care, give informed consent before an item or service, and ask for a chaperone during a sensitive procedure. Providers would also have to train staff on how to serve as a chaperone, what counts as a sensitive procedure, and patients' right to informed consent. A chaperone would witness the procedure and report sexual abuse to a supervisor.
Sponsors
- Lori Trahan Democrat sponsor
- 2 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | House | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-10-31 | House | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-10-31 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2025-10-31 | Introduced in House | introduce |