Title: Health Care Providers Safety Act of 2022
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Health Care Providers Safety Act of 2022
This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to health care providers for security services and other expenses related to physical security and cybersecurity.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7814 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7814

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to health 
  care providers to enhance the physical and cyber security of their 
                  facilities, personnel, and patients.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 18, 2022

   Ms. Escobar (for herself, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. DeGette, Ms. 
Velazquez, Ms. Chu, Ms. Speier, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Adams, Mrs. Lawrence, 
Ms. Pressley, Ms. Bass, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of 
  New York, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Underwood, Mrs. Torres of 
California, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Ms. Porter, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
  Nadler, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. 
 Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. 
 Williams of Georgia, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, 
 Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Ross, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Norton, Mr. Connolly, 
  Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. 
  Carson, Mr. Green of Texas, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Jones, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
  Thompson of California, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Crow, Mr. Auchincloss, Mr. 
 Morelle, Mr. Bowman, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Gallego, Ms. Titus, Ms. Jacobs 
    of California, Ms. Dean, Ms. Omar, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. Wilson of 
Florida, Ms. Newman, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. 
 Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Bourdeaux, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Crist, Mr. Casten, Mr. 
 Pocan, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Evans, Mr. Khanna, Mrs. 
   Fletcher, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Sires, Mrs. Bustos, Ms. 
Johnson of Texas, Mr. Allred, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. 
  Beyer, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Trone, Mr. Soto, Mrs. 
 McBath, Ms. Manning, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Tonko, and 
 Mr. Veasey) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to health 
  care providers to enhance the physical and cyber security of their 
                  facilities, personnel, and patients.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Health Care Providers Safety Act of 
2022''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO ENHANCE SECURITY.

    Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
280g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 399V-7. GRANTS TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO ENHANCE SECURITY.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary may award grants to health care 
providers to pay for security services and otherwise enhance the 
physical and cyber security of their facilities, personnel, and 
patients to ensure safe access.
    ``(b) Use of Funds.--A health care provider receiving a grant under 
this section may use the grant to pay the costs of necessary security 
services and enhancements to physical access and cyber security, 
including video surveillance camera systems, data privacy enhancements, 
and structural improvements.''.
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