Protecting Hospitals from Disaster Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7486 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7486

To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for support to 
  facility-based providers through contracts with quality improvement 
                             organizations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 2026

Mr. Beyer (for himself and Mr. Buchanan) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for support to 
  facility-based providers through contracts with quality improvement 
                             organizations.

    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 ``Protecting Hospitals from Disaster 
Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. PROVIDING FOR SUPPORT TO FACILITY-BASED PROVIDERS THROUGH 
              CONTRACTS WITH QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATIONS.

    (a) QIO Function.--Section 1154(a) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1320c-3(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(19) The organization shall provide support to facility-
        based providers (as defined in section 1862(g)(3)(B)) to 
        prepare for and respond to extreme weather events to mitigate 
        physical and chronic risks to such providers and their 
        patients.''.
    (b) Transfer of Funds for QIO Support.--Section 1862(g) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y(g)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3)(A) The Secretary shall provide for the transfer, from 
        the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund established under 
        section 1817 to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 
        Program Management Account, of $50,000,000 for fiscal year 
        2026, to remain available until expended, for purposes of 
        requiring organizations described in paragraph (1) to provide 
        to a facility-based provider (as defined in subparagraph (B)) 
        support for the purposes described in section 1154(a)(19).
            ``(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term facility-
        based provider means--
                    ``(i) a hospital (as defined in section 1861(e));
                    ``(ii) a psychiatric hospital (as defined in 
                section 1861(f));
                    ``(iii) a skilled nursing facility (as defined in 
                section 1861(j));
                    ``(iv) a critical access hospital (as defined in 
                section 1861(mm));
                    ``(v) a long-term care hospital (as defined in 
                section 1861(ccc));
                    ``(vi) a rural emergency hospital (as defined in 
                section 1861(kkk)(2)); or
                    ``(vii) an inpatient rehabilitation facility (as 
                defined in section 1886(d)(1)(B)(ii)).''.
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