United States 114th Congress Status: Died 1 D cosponsors

S 1101 — MEDTECH Act Medical Electronic Data Technology Enhancement for Consumers' Health Act

Last action — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 409.

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Summary

MEDTECH Act Medical Electronic Data Technology Enhancement for Consumers' Health Act This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exclude from regulation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a medical device: administrative, operational, or financial records software used in health care settings; software for maintaining or encouraging a healthy lifestyle unrelated to medical treatment; electronic patient records, excluding software for interpreting or analyzing medical image data; software for clinical laboratory testing, excluding software for interpreting or analyzing test data; and software that provides medical recommendations and the basis for those recommendations to health care professionals, excluding software for acquiring, processing, or analyzing medical images or signals. The FDA may assess a software function excluded from regulation above when determining the safety and effectiveness of a medical device with multiple functions. The FDA must classify a medical device accessory based on its intended function, not based on the classification of the medical device with which it is used.

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Action History

  1. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 409.

  2. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Alexander with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.

  3. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

  4. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 546 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (546)

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Subjects

Computers and information technology Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation Health information and medical records Health technology, devices, supplies Health
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Frequently asked questions

What does S 1101 do?
MEDTECH Act Medical Electronic Data Technology Enhancement for Consumers' Health Act This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exclude from regulation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a medical device: administrative, operational, or financial records software used in health care settings; software for maintaining or encouraging a healthy lifestyle unrelated to medical treatment; electronic patient records, excluding software for interpreting or analyzing medical image data; software for clinical laboratory testing, excluding software for interpreting or analyzing test data; and software that provides medical recommendations and the basis for those recommendations to health care professionals, excluding software for acquiring, processing, or analyzing medical images or signals. The FDA may assess a software function excluded from regulation above when determining the safety and effectiveness of a medical device with multiple functions. The FDA must classify a medical device accessory based on its intended function, not based on the classification of the medical device with which it is used.
Who sponsors S 1101?
S 1101 is sponsored by Michael Bennet (D).
What is the current status of S 1101?
This bill died with 114th Congress. It reached “Introduced” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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