Patient Device Data Access Act of 2025
Key claim: The Patient Device Data Access Act of 2025 (HR6117) would grant patients access to data generated by their medical devices and was referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce in November 2025.
Abstract
(HR6117 · 119th Congress) Latest action (2025-11-18): Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Why this matters
Patient access to medical-device-generated data is a growing frontier in health data rights, as implanted and wearable devices increasingly produce clinically significant data streams that manufacturers, not patients, currently control. HR6117 would shift some of that control toward individuals and create new compliance obligations for device makers, though as an introduced-and-referred bill it establishes intent rather than law.