Keeping Law SimpleLegislation, clearly explained
Back to Federal
Federal119Active

HR10810

National Patient Safety Board Act of 2026

Last scannedOct 19, 2026, 2:45 AM

In one sentence

This bill creates a new independent board within the Department of Health and Human Services to help prevent and reduce patient safety events.

What it does

  • Establishes the National Patient Safety Board within the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
  • Requires the Board to support federal departments and agencies in monitoring and anticipating patient safety events.
  • Gives the Board the sole authority to approve or request changes to patient safety measures and solutions recommended by the Patient Safety Research and Development Division.
  • Requires the Board to make certain reports publicly available no later than one year after the start of the study.
  • Requires the Board to submit annual reports to Congress that include detailed solutions and unaddressed needs.
  • Prohibits the Board from including information in any report or publication that can be used to identify a specific patient, health care provider, or health care setting.

Who it affects

  • The Department of Health and Human Services, which will house the new Board.
  • The Department of Veterans Affairs and other HHS agencies, which must provide de-identified patient-level data to the Board upon request.
  • Patients, health care providers, nonclinical staff, and other persons, who may use a new Patient Safety Reporting System to report safety events.
  • Public and private entities, including state and local organizations, which may enter agreements to allow the Board to access their de-identified patient-level data.

Limits and unknowns

  • The bill is currently in committee and has not yet been passed by Congress or signed into law.
  • The provided text is truncated, so details about the full scope of the data access portal and subsequent sections are not included.

Plain language

Terms to know

Patient Safety Event
An incident related to patient safety that the Board monitors, studies, and seeks to prevent.
Health Care Safety Team
A public-private team established by the Director of the Patient Safety Research and Development Division to identify, develop, and recommend patient safety measures and solutions.
De-identified Data
Patient-level data that has been processed so that it cannot be used to identify a specific individual, consistent with privacy and confidentiality laws.

Official record

Sources

Source checked
Official bill pageIntroduced textCurrent bill text

Official activity

Bill history

  1. Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.House floor actions
  2. Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.House floor actions
  3. Introduced in HouseLibrary of Congress
  4. Introduced in HouseLibrary of Congress