House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Nurse Overtime and Patient Safety Act of 2026
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for patient protection by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work in certain providers of services to which payments are made under the Medicare Program.
Sponsor: Rep. Doris Matsui D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 6, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 6, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10056.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MATSUI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 129, August 6, 2026, Page H5221):Section 8 of Article ISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 6, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 22 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10056, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10056
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 26, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 26, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Danny Davis (D-IL), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Doris Matsui.
- H.R. 952 (119th) Reversionary Interest Conveyance Act
- H.R. 2140 (119th) Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025
- H.R. 2449 (119th) FUTURE Networks Act
- H.R. 5200 (119th) Emergency Reporting Act
- H.R. 5201 (119th) Kari's Law Reporting Act
- H.Res. 1208 (119th) Expressing support for honoring Earth Day, and for other purposes.
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.