A bill to establish protections for health care providers who raise concerns about the quality of health care services, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4086 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4086 To establish protections for health care providers who raise concerns about the quality of health care services, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 12, 2026 Mr. Murphy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish protections for health care providers who raise concerns about the quality of health care services, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Patient Safety and Whistleblower Protections Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) The term ``communicate'', with respect to health care safety information, includes written or oral communications. (2) The term ``government official'' means any local, State, Tribal, or Federal governmental official, including municipal mayors and their staff, State governors and their staff, State legislators and their staff, Federal legislators and their staff, and staff or leaders of Federal agencies or other Federal authorities. (3) The term ``health care facility'' means a facility in which health care services are provided, including any hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies, clinics, urgent care centers, physician offices, dental offices, end-stage renal facilities, chiropractic offices, optometry offices, ophthalmology offices, nursing homes, behavioral health centers, community mental health centers, addiction treatment facilities, rehabilitation centers, hospices, outpatient therapy facilities, and fe