Medical Innovation Acceleration Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6925
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2020-05-19
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies

Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Latest action: action_date: 2020-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-05-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Medical Innovation Acceleration Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill exempts non-invasive diagnostic devices from the regulatory authority of the Food and Drug Administration. </p> <p>The bill defines <i>non-invasive diagnostic device</i> as one that does not penetrate the skin or any other membrane of the body, is not inserted or implanted into the body, causes no more than ephemeral compression or temperature changes to in situ bodily tissues, and does not subject bodily tissues to ionizing radiation.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6925 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 19, 2020 Mr. Biggs introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exempt from regulation as devices non-invasive diagnostic devices, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medical Innovation Acceleration Act of 2020 . 2. Exempting non-invasive diagnostic devices from regulation as devices Section 201(h) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 321(h) ) is amended— (1) in the second sentence by inserting before the period at the end the following: or any non-invasive diagnostic device ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term non-invasive means, with respect to a diagnostic device, that the device does not penetrate the skin or any other membrane of the body, is not inserted or implanted into the body, causes no more than ephemeral compression or temperature changes to in situ bodily tissues, and does not subject bodily tissues to ionizing radiation. .