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Patient Safety Improvement Act of 2002

Introduced: June 6, 2002 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 14 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 11, 2002
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Oct 11, 2002
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 468.
Oct 4, 2002
House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Oct. 11, 2002.
Oct 1, 2002
House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Oct. 4, 2002.
Oct 1, 2002
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 107-714, Part I.
Sep 18, 2002
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Sep 18, 2002
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 12, 2002
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 12, 2002
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.
Sep 10, 2002
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Sep 3, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 26, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Jun 6, 2002
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.
Jun 6, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Patient Safety Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to add a new part D (Patient Safety Improvements) to provide for voluntary reporting to the Secretary of Health and Human Services of patient safety data.

Prescribes confidentiality and peer review protections for such data.

Directs the Secretary, in order to reduce medical errors and improve patient safety and health care quality, to establish one or more mechanisms to analyze aggregate non-identifiable patients safety data and system changes adopted by patient safety organizations and health care providers.

Requires the Secretary to develop voluntary, national standards that promote interoperability of health care information technology systems across all health care settings.

Directs the Secretary to appoint an advisory board, the Medical Information Technology Advisory Board, to report to Congress and the Secretary on: (1) the best current practices in medical information technology; (2) methods of implementing health care information technology interoperability standardization and records security; and (3) a recommendation for a common lexicon for computer technology.

What's happening now October 11, 2002

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 468.

 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jul 16, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4889: Patient Safety Improvement Act of 2002. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4889/
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"H.R. 4889: Patient Safety Improvement Act of 2002." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4889/.
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H.R. 4889, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4889/.
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