House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Patient Safety and Whistleblower Protections Act
Official title: To establish protections for health care providers who raise concerns about the quality of health care services, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon D-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 15, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 15, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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. 8310.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SCANLON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 66, April 15, 2026, Page H2925):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 15, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8310, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8310
- 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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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon.
- H.R. 1269 (119th) Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025
- H.J.Res. 121 (119th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections.
- H.Res. 160 (119th) Recognizing January 2025 as "National Mentoring Month".
- H.Res. 1047 (119th) Recognizing January 2026 as "National Mentoring Month".
- H.R. 4769 (119th) Foster Youth Mentoring Act of 2025
- H.R. 535 (119th) Inaugural Fund Integrity Act
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.