Senate HELP Advances Device Review Reform Bills
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee approved a slate of bills Feb. 9, including the Device Accountability Act, which enhances focus on the "least burdensome" concept for device review, and legislation intended to improve oversight of modified devices and device reprocessing.
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