119-hr612

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 612 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 612

 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

 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. Velazquez, 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. Barragan, 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

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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 
2025''.

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.) (as amended by Public Law 117-328) is amended by adding 
at the end the following:

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SEC. 399V-8. GRANTS TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO ENHANCE SECURITY.

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    (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.
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    (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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