Health Care Providers Safety Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill creates a new federal grant program that allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to give grants to health care providers so they can improve security at their facilities. The grants can be used for security services, video surveillance cameras, data privacy enhancements, structural improvements, and other physical and cyber security upgrades.
Who Benefits and How
Health care providers (hospitals, clinics, and other medical facilities) benefit directly by receiving federal funding to improve the safety of their buildings, staff, and patients. Security companies, cybersecurity firms, and surveillance equipment manufacturers benefit from increased demand for their products and services. Patients and health care workers benefit from safer facilities.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The federal government bears the fiscal cost of funding the grant program through the HHS budget. The Secretary of HHS takes on the administrative responsibility of managing and distributing the grants. The bill does not specify a funding amount, leaving the appropriation to future legislation.
Key Provisions
- Amends the Public Health Service Act by adding a new Section 399V-8 to Part P of Title III
- Authorizes the Secretary of HHS to award grants to health care providers for security purposes
- Eligible uses include: security services, video surveillance camera systems, data privacy enhancements, structural improvements, and other physical and cyber security enhancements
- The grant program is discretionary (the Secretary "may" award grants, not "shall")
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to health care providers to pay for security services and enhance the physical and cyber security of their facilities, personnel, and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Public Safety, Cybersecurity
Primary Purpose
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to health care providers to pay for security services and enhance the physical and cyber security of their facilities, personnel, and patients.
Policy Domains
Health Care Providers Safety Act of 2025
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Health care providers (hospitals, clinics, medical facilities)
- Physical security companies and contractors
- Cybersecurity firms and consultants
- Video surveillance and security equipment manufacturers
- Health care facility patients and personnel
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal government (HHS budget for grant funding)
- Secretary of Health and Human Services (grant administration)
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Escobar (for herself, Ms. Norton, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Carson, …
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Health care providers, Health care providers (hospitals, clinics, medical facilities)
Physical security companies and contractors, Security services industry
Cybersecurity and data privacy firms, Cybersecurity firms and consultants
Surveillance equipment manufacturers, Video surveillance and security equipment manufacturers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.
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