3.0.0 1993 2022-11-01T13:50:53Z 2022-11-01T13:50:53Z Senate S 2019-06-26 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-06-26T20:19:31Z 2019-06-26 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2019-06-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001096 Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] Kevin Cramer R ND N D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2019-06-26 True B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN 2019-06-26 True W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2019-07-15 False Health Abortion Aging Child health Civil actions and liability Disability and health-based discrimination Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Government liability Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Indian social and development programs Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicaid Medicare Military medicine Minority health Veterans' medical care Women's health Health 00 2019-06-26 Introduced in Senate 2021-02-04T19:01:16Z Patient Rights Act

This bill prohibits the use of federal funds for health care services unless the entity receiving the funds certifies to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that the entity respects all human life.

Specifically, the entity must ensure that health care practitioners employed by or affiliated with the entity (1) exercise the same degree of professional skill and diligence to preserve the life and health of any patient as a conscientious health care practitioner would render to a patient in a different state of functionality, including patients in specified categories (e.g., terminally ill patients, elderly patients, and the unborn); (2) do not intentionally end the life of, or otherwise harm, any patient; and (3) do not institute a do-not-resuscitate or similar order without obtaining specified informed consent.

In addition, HHS must (1) establish a public database that indicates whether an entity is in compliance, and (2) periodically review entities to ensure compliance. The Department of Justice or a person adversely affected may bring a civil action for violations.

]]> Patient Rights Act Display Title Patient Rights Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Patient Rights Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to restrict Federal funding for health care entities that do not respect all human life and patient rights. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1993is/xml/BILLS-116s1993is.xml 2019-06-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.