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HR 887 117th Congress House

DEVICE Act of 2021

Official title: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to enhance medical device communications and ensure device cleanliness.

Introduced: February 5, 2021 Introduced by: Lieu, Ted Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Feb 8, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 5, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 5, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 8, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Disclosure; and Encouragement of Verification, Innovation, Cleaning, and Efficiency Act of 2021 or the DEVICE Act of 2021

This bill addresses design changes and reprocessing of medical devices.

Specifically, medical device manufacturers must notify the Food and Drug Administration (1) before making changes to the design or reprocessing instructions of a device, and (2) no more than five days after widely disseminating to health care providers in a foreign country communications regarding changes to the design or reprocessing instructions of a device or regarding a safety concern about a device. (Reprocessing of medical devices is the process for cleaning and sterilizing or disinfecting devices for reuse.)

A device may not be sold if the manufacturer violates these notification requirements.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Chu, Judy
California · Feb 5, 2021
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 5, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 887: DEVICE Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-887/
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"H.R. 887: DEVICE Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-887/.
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H.R. 887, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-887/.
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