House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Physician and Patient Safety Act
Official title: To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue regulations to ensure due process rights for physicians before any termination, restriction, or reduction of the professional activity of such physicians or staff privileges of such physicians.
Sponsor: Rep. Raul Ruiz D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 14, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 14, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3413.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUIZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 81, May 14, 2025, Page H2053):Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of Congress.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 184 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3413, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3413
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
7 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 5 Democrats
2 of 7 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Ami Bera (D-CA), Josh Harder (D-CA), Val Hoyle (D-OR), John Joyce (R-PA), Gregory Murphy (R-NC), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Scott Peters (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Raul Ruiz.
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- H.R. 7335 (119th) Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in ICE and CBP Custody Act
- H.R. 3521 (119th) Clinical Trial Modernization Act
- H.R. 9877 (119th) Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- H.R. 6160 (119th) Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act
- H.Res. 607 (119th) Supporting the designation of the week of August 25 through August 29, 2025, as the third annual "National Community Health Worker…
Related bills
- S. 1767 (119th) Physician and Patient Safety ActIdentical bill
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.