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House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Patients' Bill of Rights Act of 1999

H.R. 358Introduced Jan 19, 1999Policy area: Health
Sponsor: Rep. John Dingell D-MI
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Where it went

Latest action: Feb 24, 1999 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 358.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of June 3, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 358, last updated June 3, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

182 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 179 Democrats, 1 independent

1 of 182 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Brian Baird (D-WA), John Baldacci (D-ME), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), James Barcia (D-MI), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Marion Berry (D-AR), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), David Bonior (D-MI), Robert Borski (D-PA), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), George Brown (D-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Julia Carson (D-IN), Donna Christensen (D-VI) and 152 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Dingell.

Sponsor’s state and district

Michigan in Congress

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Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.