Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005
[Page 119 STAT. 424]
Public Law 109-41 109th Congress
An Act
To amend title IX of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the improvement of patient safety and to reduce the incidence of events that adversely effect patient safety. <<NOTE: July 29, 2005 - [S. 544]>>
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress <<NOTE: Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005.>> assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ''Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Amendments to Public Health Service Act.
''Part C--Patient Safety Improvement
''Sec. 921. Definitions.
''Sec. 922. Privilege and confidentiality protections.
''Sec. 923. Network of patient safety databases.
''Sec. 924. Patient safety organization certification and listing.
''Sec. 925. Technical assistance.
''Sec. 926. Severability.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT.
...
Source: Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 | AHRQ Patient Safety Organization Program
(more coming soon...)