Protecting Hospitals from Disaster Act of 2026
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill amends Social Security Act quality-improvement organization duties so QIOs must support facility-based providers in preparing for and responding to extreme weather events. It transfers $50 million from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund to the CMS Program Management Account for fiscal year 2026, remaining available until expended, to fund that support. Covered facility-based providers include hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, critical access hospitals, long-term care hospitals, rural emergency hospitals, and inpatient rehabilitation facilities.
Who Benefits and How
Hospitals, critical access hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, rural emergency hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, long-term care hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, and patients benefit from technical support to reduce physical and chronic risks from extreme weather. Quality improvement organizations benefit from a funded role helping providers prepare for disasters. Communities that depend on facility-based care may benefit if providers become more resilient during storms, heat, floods, or other events.
Who Bears the Burden and How
CMS must transfer and administer the $50 million through the Program Management Account. Quality improvement organizations must provide extreme-weather preparedness and response support. Facility-based providers must work with QIOs to mitigate risks to patients and operations. The Hospital Insurance Trust Fund bears the funding transfer.
Key Provisions
- Requires quality improvement organizations to support facility-based providers on extreme-weather preparedness and response.
- Transfers $50 million from the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund to CMS Program Management for fiscal year 2026.
- Covers hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, critical access hospitals, long-term care hospitals, rural emergency hospitals, and inpatient rehabilitation facilities.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Transfers $50 million from the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund to CMS Program Management in FY2026 so quality improvement organizations support facility-based providers preparing for and responding to extreme weather risks.
Key Policy Areas
healthcare, disaster_preparedness, medicare
Primary Purpose
Transfers $50 million from the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund to CMS Program Management in FY2026 so quality improvement organizations support facility-based providers preparing for and responding to extreme weather risks.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Hospitals
- Critical access hospitals
- Skilled nursing facilities
- Quality improvement organizations
- Patients
Identified Costs
- CMS
- Hospital Insurance Trust Fund
- Quality improvement organizations
- Facility-based providers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in House
Mr. Beyer (for himself and Mr. Buchanan) introduced the following …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Hospitals, Quality improvement organizations, Skilled nursing facilities
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "agencies"
- → ['CMS']
- "beneficiaries"
- → ['Hospitals', 'Skilled nursing facilities', 'Quality improvement organizations']
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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