Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005

Long title	A bill 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.
Acronyms (colloquial)	PSQIA
Enacted by	the 109th United States Congress
Effective	July 29, 2005
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 109–41 (text) (PDF)
Codification
Acts amended	Public Health Service Act
Titles amended	42
U.S.C. sections amended	42 U.S.C. ch. 6A, subch. VII
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 544 by Jim Jeffords (I–VT) on March 8, 2005 Committee consideration by Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health Passed the Senate on July 21, 2005 (Unanimous consent) Passed the House on July 27, 2005 (428–3) Signed into law by President George W. Bush on July 29, 2005

The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005^[1] (PSQIA): Pub. L. 109–41 (text) (PDF), 42 U.S.C. ch. 6A subch. VII part C, established a system of patient safety organizations and a national patient safety database. To encourage reporting and broad discussion of adverse events, near misses, and dangerous conditions, it also established privilege and confidentiality protections for Patient Safety Work Product (as defined in the act). The PSQIA was introduced by Sen. Jim Jeffords [I-VT]. It passed in the Senate July 21, 2005 by unanimous consent, and passed the House of Representatives on July 27, 2005, with 428 Ayes, 3 Nays, and 2 Present/Not Voting.^[2]