Health Care Providers Safety Act of 2023

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 286 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 11, 2023

  Ms. Escobar (for herself, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. 
   Schakowsky, Mr. Foster, Ms. Jacobs, Mr. Allred, Mr. Moulton, Mrs. 
 Napolitano, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. 
Velazquez, 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. Barragan, 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. Garcia 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. 
  Sewell, 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. Sanchez, Mr. Sarbanes, and Mr. Carson) 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 
2023''.

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:

``SEC. 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.''.
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