National Patient Safety Board Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10810 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10810 To establish the National Patient Safety Board, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 15, 2026 Ms. Barragan (for herself and Ms. Clarke of New York) introduced the following bill; which was 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish the National Patient Safety Board, 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 ``National Patient Safety Board Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY BOARD. (a) Establishment.--For the purpose of preventing and reducing patient safety events, there is hereby established, within the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, an independent board, to be known as the National Patient Safety Board (in this section referred to as the ``Board''). (b) Duties.-- (1) In general.--For the purpose stated in subsection (a), the Board shall-- (A) support Federal departments and agencies in monitoring and anticipating patient safety events; (B) provide expertise to study the context and causes of patient safety events and prevented patient safety events; and (C) formulate recommendations and solutions to prevent patient safety events from occurring. (2) Authority.--The Board shall have the sole authority to-- (A) request changes to, or approve, the patient safety measures and solutions recommended by the Director of t