Overview

• The chamber approved the patient‑safety and care‑quality law by 69–1, with PRO senator Carmen Álvarez Rivero casting the lone dissenting vote.
• The law mandates encrypted, interoperable clinical records, standardized protocols, periodic certifications, audits, and defined staffing and shift limits to reduce errors.
• A Unified Registry of Sentinel Events will collect institutional reports and publish annual investigation results to promote system learning.
• Named for Nicolás Deanna, whose 2017 misdiagnosed meningitis galvanized advocacy, the bill survived near lapse in the Senate before final passage.
• In the same session, senators gave initial approval to add spinal muscular atrophy to neonatal screening, with an estimated cost increase of about US$1.65 per test.