Saving Lives and Reducing Health Care Waste by Improving Diagnosis in Medicine Act

This bill would create a federal research and quality improvement program on errors and delays in medical diagnosis, run by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, with $45 million a year authorized for 2027 through 2031. It would require the agency to plan, within one year, a system for patients and families to voluntarily report diagnostic errors and other safety events, and these reports could not be used in civil or criminal court cases. It would add diagnostic safety to federal research training awards and quality measure work, and set up an expert panel on standard health data for diagnosis research. It would also create an interagency council to write a federal strategic plan on improving diagnosis and update it every two years.

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Sponsors

• Donald S. Beyer, Jr. Democrat sponsor
• 2 cosponsors