Physician and Patient Safety Act

The Physician and Patient Safety Act would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue regulations ensuring physicians with hospital staff privileges receive a fair hearing and appellate review before any termination, restriction, or reduction of their professional activities or privileges. The bill prohibits denying such hearings through third-party contracts, bars requiring physicians to waive these rights as a condition of employment, and mandates confidentiality of proceedings unless there is an ongoing patient safety threat or required reporting applies. The regulations would take effect within 18 months of the bill’s enactment.

No official summary is available here. This one was written by AI from the bill’s text.