119-hr5045

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5045 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5045

 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a 
 grant program to facilitate research regarding the use of generative 
 artificial intelligence in health care, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 August 26, 2025

 Mr. Lieu (for himself and Mr. Bera) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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 A BILL

 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a 
 grant program to facilitate research regarding the use of generative 
 artificial intelligence in health care, and for other purposes.

 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 ``Healthcare Enhancement And Learning 
Through Harnessing Artificial Intelligence Act'' or the ``HEALTH AI 
Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS TO PERFORM RESEARCH REGARDING THE USE OF GENERATIVE 
 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN HEALTH CARE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
establish a grant program to award grants to eligible entities to 
perform research regarding the use of generative artificial 
intelligence in health care.

    (b) Permissible Research.--Research funded pursuant to a grant 
under this section may include research regarding the use of generative 
artificial intelligence to--

    (1) improve the ability of health care practitioners to 
 record comprehensive notes or ask medically relevant questions 
 during an appointment with a patient;

    (2) reduce the administrative or documentation burden on 
 clinicians;

    (3) expedite the health insurance claims process;

    (4) improve the efficiency and quality of customer service 
 in the health care sector; or

    (5) otherwise improve health care, as determined 
 appropriate by the Secretary.
            (c) Priority.--In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary 
shall give priority to eligible entities that--

    (1) encourage the adoption and deployment of generative 
 artificial intelligence across the health care sector;

    (2) invest in workforce development of clinicians and 
 administrators;

    (3) mitigate burnout in the health care workforce;

    (4) reduce gender, racial, and ethnic disparities in health 
 outcomes; or

    (5) improve the availability of patient care for members of 
 a medically underserved population.
            (d) === Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) Artificial intelligence.--The term ``artificial 
 intelligence'' has the meaning given such term in 

section 5002 
 of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 
 (15 U.S.C. 9401).

    (2) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means--
        (A) an institution of higher education (as defined 
 in 

section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
 U.S.C. 1001));
        (B) an organization described in 

section 501
            (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 
 501
            (c) (3) ) and exempt from tax under 

section 501

    (a) of 
 such Code; and
            (C) an agency of--
            (i) the Federal Government;
            (ii) a State;
            (iii) a unit of local government; or
            (iv) an Indian Tribe.

    (3) Generative artificial intelligence.--The term 
 ``generative artificial intelligence'' means artificial 
 intelligence that, in response to a prompt, uses data to 
 produce text, media, computer code, or other content.

    (4) Medically underserved population.--The term ``medically 
 underserved population'' has the meaning given such term in 
 

section 330

    (b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
 254b

    (b) ).

    (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
 of Health and Human Services.
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