HR10406-118

Introduced

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize requiring the manufacturers of a covered device to disclose to a patient all patient-specific data that is recorded or transmitted by the device and accessible to the manufacturer, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Dec 12, 2024

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize requiring the manufacturers of a covered device to disclose to a patient all patient-specific data that is recorded or transmitted by the device and accessible to the manufacturer, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Technology, Energy.

Who Benefits and How

health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HAAA9B5045F7B4F6D8F037F3E1A5EC765: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Patient Device Data Access Act of 2024.
  • Section H7C92ABFCA5A545979D09C3D8C116BC81: 2. Sharing of patient-specific data by device manufacturers Subchapter A of chapter V of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 351 et seq.) is...
  • Section H6095D6A4C02B47998539E88C088BC959: 524C. Sharing of patient-specific data by device manufacturers The Secretary may require the manufacturer of a covered device, at the request of a patient who...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize requiring the manufacturers of a covered device to disclose to a patient all patient-specific data that is recorded or transmitted by the device and accessible to the manufacturer, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Technology, Energy

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize requiring the manufacturers of a covered device to disclose to a patient all patient-specific data that is recorded or transmitted by the device and accessible to the manufacturer, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Technology Energy

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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health care providers and patients: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
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federal implementing agencies: ,
health care providers and patients: ,

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Dec 12, 2024

Ms. Sherrill introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Healthcare
2 mentions across 2 clauses
-2 negative

Medical device manufacturers

Healthcare Beneficiaries
2 mentions across 2 clauses
+2 positive

Patients using medical devices, Patients with implanted or connected medical devices

2/3
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Technology Energy
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"covered device" §H6095D6A4C02B47998539E88C088BC959

any electronic device that is— intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease

"covered device" §H7C92ABFCA5A545979D09C3D8C116BC81

any electronic device that is— intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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