To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure transparency within the health care system through the establishment of a National Healthcare Acquired Infection and Medical Error Reporting Program.
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Latest Action · December 20, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
National Healthcare Acquired Infection and Medical Error Transparency Act
This bill establishes a program to collect confidential reports from health care providers that detail instances of health care-acquired infections and medical errors.
It also establishes the Office of Patient Safety and Health Care Quality within the Department of Health and Human Services to administer the program.
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