FDA will study reusing medical tools safely
H.R. 10088 — To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to conduct a study to assess the potential for expanding the safe and effective use of reprocessed single-use devices, and for other purposes. · Filed by Valerie Foushee (D-NC) · Introduced Aug 13, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells the FDA to study whether single-use tools can be cleaned and used again. The study will look at current FDA rules. It will check how hospitals or outside groups could clean tools and what it costs. The FDA must report findings within one year. It will say which tools could be reused.
Who it affects
Hospitals and health groups could save money if tools can be reused. The study looks at patient safety and stopping germs as main rules. Outside groups that clean tools could have more work.
One thing to notice
The study focuses on patient safety and stopping germs as main rules for deciding if reuse is safe. The bill does not change any current rules yet.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Aug 13, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Aug 13, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- single-use tools — Medical tools made to be thrown away after one use
- FDA — The Food and Drug Administration, the government group that approves and watches over tools and drugs
- outside groups — Businesses that clean and sterilize used tools for hospitals
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (4,228 characters) on Aug 14, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
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As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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