House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protect Patients from Healthcare Abuse Act
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish certain standards and requirements with respect to obtaining informed consent and providing chaperones for providers of services participating in the Medicare program.
Sponsor: Rep. Lori Trahan D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 31, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 31, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. 5895.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. TRAHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 182, October 31, 2025, Page H4567):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 31, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5895, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5895
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 September 19, 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lori Trahan.
- H.R. 1442 (119th) To ban the sale of products with a high concentration of sodium nitrite to individuals, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 9941 (119th) Right to IVF Act of 2026
- H.R. 1509 (119th) Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act of 2025
- H.R. 5536 (119th) HEADACHE Act
- H.R. 6350 (119th) College Athletics Reform Act
- H.R. 7145 (119th) To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to establish a definition of essential health system in statute and for other related…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.