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

This bill would direct the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to set up a research and quality improvement program on diagnostic errors, including research centers and a patient-inclusive advisory committee, with $45 million authorized per year for fiscal years 2027 through 2031. It would require a plan within one year for ways patients and families can voluntarily report diagnostic errors and other safety events, and those reports could not be used in civil or criminal court. The bill would add diagnostic safety to federal research training awards and quality measure development, and would have an expert panel recommend standard health data elements 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

• Chris Van Hollen Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors