Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 612
5	5	To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to health care
6	6	providers to enhance the physical and cyber security of their facilities,
7	7	personnel, and patients.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	JANUARY22, 2025
10	10	Ms. E
11	11	SCOBAR(for herself, Ms. NORTON, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. CARSON, Mr.
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13	13	ONKO, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. CONNOLLY,
14	14	Mr. C
15	15	ASTEN, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. SHERRILL,
16	16	Mr. S
17	17	WALWELL, Ms. BROWN, Mrs. WATSONCOLEMAN, Mr. SMITHof
18	18	Washington, Ms. W
19	19	ILLIAMSof Georgia, Mrs. SYKES, Ms. CASTORof
20	20	Florida, Mrs. T
21	21	ORRESof California, Ms. KELLYof Illinois, Mr. JOHNSON
22	22	of Georgia, Ms. B
23	23	YNUM, Mr. FROST, Mrs. FLETCHER, Ms. BARRAGA´N,
24	24	Mrs. H
25	25	AYES, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. POCAN, Mr. GRIJALVA,
26	26	Ms. B
27	27	ONAMICI, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. COHEN, Ms.
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29	29	LARKEof New York, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Mr.
30	30	M
31	31	ORELLE, Ms. BROWNLEY, Ms. STANSBURY, Mr. KEATING, Ms. ANSARI,
32	32	Mr. T
33	33	HOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. LEGER
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35	35	ERNANDEZ, Mr. PANETTA, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Mr. PETERS,
36	36	Mr. S
37	37	CHNEIDER, Mr. LIEU, Mr. THANEDAR, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. LOIS
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39	39	RANKELof Florida, and Ms. WASSERMANSCHULTZ) introduced the fol-
40	40	lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
41	41	merce
42	42	A BILL
43	43	To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants
44	44	to health care providers to enhance the physical and
45	45	cyber security of their facilities, personnel, and patients.
46	46	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
47	47	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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50	50	•HR 612 IH
51	51	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
52	52	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Health Care Providers 2
53	53	Safety Act of 2025’’. 3
54	54	SEC. 2. GRANTS TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO EN-4
55	55	HANCE SECURITY. 5
56	56	Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act 6
57	57	(42 U.S.C. 280g et seq.) (as amended by Public Law 117– 7
58	58	328) is amended by adding at the end the following: 8
59	59	‘‘SEC. 399V–8. GRANTS TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO EN-9
60	60	HANCE SECURITY. 10
61	61	‘‘(a) I
62	62	NGENERAL.—The Secretary may award grants 11
63	63	to health care providers to pay for security services and 12
64	64	otherwise enhance the physical and cyber security of their 13
65	65	facilities, personnel, and patients to ensure safe access. 14
66	66	‘‘(b) U
67	67	SE OFFUNDS.—A health care provider receiv-15
68	68	ing a grant under this section may use the grant to pay 16
69	69	the costs of necessary security services and enhancements 17
70	70	to physical access and cyber security, including video sur-18
71	71	veillance camera systems, data privacy enhancements, and 19
72	72	structural improvements.’’. 20
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