National Patient Safety Board Act of 2024

• Authority: United States Congress
• Parent authority: Federal government
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. federal laws
• Most recent activity: Defunct
• Most recent activity date: 2025-01-03

Risk subdomain coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the risk subdomain are explicitly described.

• Governance failure

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the risk subdomain are described.

• Unfair discrimination and misrepresentation
• Unequal performance across groups
• Compromise of privacy
• AI system security vulnerabilities
• Lack of capability or robustness

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal coverage of AI risk domains, with limited explicit focus on AI-specific risks. Primary coverage relates to AI system security (2.2) through privacy and AI compliance requirements, and governance failure (6.5) through establishment of oversight mechanisms. The document addresses patient safety broadly but does not extensively detail AI-specific harms across most risk categories.

Sector coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the sector are explicitly described.

• Health Care & Social Assistance

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the sector are described.

• Scientific Research & Development Services
• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

The document primarily governs the Health Care and Social Assistance sector, with comprehensive coverage of patient safety across all healthcare settings. It also has minimal coverage of the Public Administration sector through establishment of federal oversight mechanisms and requirements for federal health agencies.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding legislative act from the United States Congress establishing a federal board with specific authorities, mandatory requirements, and enforcement mechanisms. The document uses predominantly mandatory language and creates legal obligations.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: This is an Act of Congress, as indicated by the legislative format and structure. Congress is the proposing authority for this federal legislation.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor, AI_Deployer, Affected_Stakeholder
• Summary: The Act applies to federal health agencies that must provide data and respond to Board recommendations, as well as healthcare providers and organizations that participate in the patient safety reporting and data sharing systems. Private sector entities can opt into data sharing agreements.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The Board has sole authority to request changes, approve measures, and review reports. It is established within HHS and has independent authority to conduct hearings and issue reports.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The Board undergoes annual audits and submits annual reports to Congress. The Patient Safety Research and Development Division monitors patient safety events through data surveillance and bimonthly briefs. Congress receives annual reports on Board progress.

AI Lifecycle Stages

Lifecycle stages covered by the documents, as defined in the OECD Framework for the Classification of AI Systems

• Plan and Design
• Collect and Process Data
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document does not explicitly focus on AI system development lifecycle stages. However, it implicitly addresses deployment and monitoring through requirements for AI Risk Management Framework compliance and data surveillance technologies. The primary focus is on patient safety oversight rather than AI-specific lifecycle governance.

Technical Scope

Terms relating to technical scope that are mentioned or implicitly referenced in the document

No technical scope terms identified.

Technical Scope Summary

The document makes minimal explicit reference to AI technical concepts. It mentions the AI Risk Management Framework and the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights as compliance requirements, but does not define or extensively discuss AI models, systems, or specific AI types. The focus is on patient safety data systems rather than AI-specific governance.