What This Bill Does
This bill would allow the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services to give grants (money) to health care providers. Health care providers would use this money to pay for security services and improvements to keep their buildings, staff, and patients safe from physical and online threats.
Who It Affects
Health care providers who receive grants under this bill.
Key Provisions
• The Secretary of Health and Human Services may award grants to health care providers to pay for security services and to improve physical and cyber security (meaning protection of buildings and computer systems) of their facilities, personnel, and patients to ensure safe access. (Sec. 399V-8(a))
• Health care providers receiving a grant may use the money to pay for necessary security services and improvements to physical access and cyber security, including video surveillance camera systems, data privacy enhancements (protections that keep patient information private), and structural improvements (changes to the building itself). (Sec. 399V-8(b))
What Changes
The bill adds a new section to the Public Health Service Act that gives the Secretary of Health and Human Services the authority to award these security grants to health care providers.
Important Definitions
None defined in bill text.
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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 286
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.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 11, 2023
Ms. ESCOBAR (for herself, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. SCHA-
KOWSKY, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. JACOBS, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. MOULTON, Mrs.
NAPOLITANO, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. EVANS, Mr. THOMPSON of California,
Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr.
PANETTA, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. KELLY of
Illinois, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. HIMES, Ms. BROWNLEY, Ms.
ROSS, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. NADLER,
Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. WILD, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mrs. WATSON
COLEMAN, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. KILMER, Ms.
NORTON, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. PAYNE,
Ms. CHU, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms.
PLASKETT, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr.
SWALWELL, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. CASTEN, Mr. SOTO, Mr. LARSON
of Connecticut, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. MENG,
Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mrs. TRAHAN, Ms. BALINT, Mr. SCHNEIDER,
Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. LIEU, Mr. KHANNA, Mr.
JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. BUSH, Mrs. HAYES, Mr.
HORSFORD, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. BOWMAN, Ms. STEVENS, Ms.
WEXTON, Mr. KEATING, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, Mr.
MCGOVERN, Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, Ms. STANSBURY, Ms. TOKUDA,
Mr. GOMEZ, Ms. SHERRILL, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. OCASIO-
CORTEZ, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. ROBERT
GARCIA of California, Mr. NICKEL, Mr. TONKO, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms.
SCANLON, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. COHEN, Ms. SE-
WELL, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr.
CLEAVER, Mr. BEYER, Mr. PETERS, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. TRONE, Ms.
DEGETTE, Mrs. SYKES, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. SARBANES, and Mr. CARSON)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy 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 Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Health Care Providers
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Safety Act of 2023’’.
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SEC. 2. GRANTS TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO EN-
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HANCE SECURITY.
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Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act
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(42 U.S.C. 280g et seq.) (as amended by Public Law 117–
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328) is amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘SEC. 399V–8. GRANTS TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO EN-
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HANCE SECURITY.
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‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may award grants
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to health care providers to pay for security services and
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otherwise enhance the physical and cyber security of their
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facilities, personnel, and patients to ensure safe access.
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‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—A health care provider receiv-
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ing a grant under this section may use the grant to pay
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the costs of necessary security services and enhancements
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to physical access and cyber security, including video sur-
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