To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services. The main policy domain is Technology, Healthcare, Government Operations.
Who Benefits and How
technology companies and users of digital services may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, technology companies and users of digital services may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H8AB90FEB7B224CF397429537CAF915E7: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Healthcare Cybersecurity Improvement Act.
- Section HBBA6155F0D524068A92D7917D09F79CE: 2 Findings Congress finds that— the Department of Health and Human Services found that ransomware attacks on hospitals have more than doubled from 2019 to...
- Section H93C5C70068B04A569FE3795CCC3FF9F1: 3 Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human...
- Section H195577893EB24350A6062000445BCADC: 4 Health Care Cybersecurity Grant Program Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a program to be...
- Section HD32EE92CC4854B929ADF24E86F1CD780: 5. Standards for medical devices and information security networks in hospitals Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.
Key Policy Areas
Technology, Healthcare, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- technology companies and users of digital services
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- technology companies and users of digital services
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Kelly of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a— hospital with fewer than 300 beds for the provision of patient care
a civil action under State law from harm resulting from the acquisition, storage, security, use, misuse, disclosure, or transmission of electronic data of any kind, including— information security and privacy
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