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HR 1090 118th Congress House Health

DEVICE Act of 2023

Introduced: February 17, 2023 Introduced by: Lieu, Ted Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Feb 24, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 17, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 17, 2023
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Disclosure; and Encouragement of Verification, Innovation, Cleaning, and Efficiency Act of 2023 or the DEVICE Act of 2023

This bill addresses design changes and reprocessing of medical devices. (Reprocessing of medical devices is the process for cleaning and sterilizing or disinfecting devices for reuse.)

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.

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

What's happening now February 24, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Chu, Judy
California · Feb 17, 2023
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 17, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1090: DEVICE Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1090/
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"H.R. 1090: DEVICE Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1090/.
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H.R. 1090, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1090/.
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