Health Care Providers Safety Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-612
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2025-01-22
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft

Computers and information technology

Health facilities and institutions

Health programs administration and funding
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Health Care Providers Safety Act of 2025</strong></p><p>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.</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 612 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 22, 2025 Ms. Escobar (for herself, Ms. Norton , Mr. Bishop , Mr. Carson , Mr. Tonko , Mr. Vargas , Ms. McCollum , Mr. Doggett , Mr. Connolly , Mr. Casten , Mrs. Beatty , Ms. Tlaib , Ms. Velázquez , Ms. Sherrill , Mr. Swalwell , Ms. Brown , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Mr. Smith of Washington , Ms. Williams of Georgia , Mrs. Sykes , Ms. Castor of Florida , Mrs. Torres of California , Ms. Kelly of Illinois , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Ms. Bynum , Mr. Frost , Mrs. Fletcher , Ms. Barragán , Mrs. Hayes , Ms. Jayapal , Mr. Carbajal , Mr. Pocan , Mr. Grijalva , Ms. Bonamici , Mrs. Ramirez , Ms. Ocasio-Cortez , Mr. Cohen , Ms. Clarke of New York , Mr. Quigley , Mr. Takano , Ms. McClellan , Mr. Morelle , Ms. Brownley , Ms. Stansbury , Mr. Keating , Ms. Ansari , Mr. Thompson of Mississippi , Ms. Schakowsky , Ms. Leger Fernandez , Mr. Panetta , Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick , Mr. Peters , Mr. Schneider , Mr. Lieu , Mr. Thanedar , Ms. Adams , Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida , and Ms. Wasserman Schultz ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Health Care Providers Safety Act of 2025 . 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. ) (as amended by Public Law 117–328 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: 399V–8. 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. .