HR 286 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Health Care Providers Safety Act of 2023

Introduced Jan 11, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Veronica Escobar D-TX

Latest action · Jan 20, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJan 11, 2023
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Health Care Providers Safety Act of 2023

This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to health care providers for security services and other expenses related to physical security and cybersecurity.

Cosponsors 120

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 11, 2023 to Nov 13, 2024; 107 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-WA	Adam Smith	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-TX	Al Green	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-NY	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-NC	Alma S. Adams	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-IN	André Carson	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-MA	Ayanna Pressley	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-VT	Becca Balint	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-IL	Bill Foster	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-TX	Colin Z. Allred	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-MO	Cori Bush	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-FL	Darren Soto	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-MD	David J. Trone	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-RI	David N. Cicilline	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-NC	Deborah K. Ross	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-WA	Derek Kilmer	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-CO	Diana DeGette	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-PA	Dwight Evans	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-OH	Emilia Strong Sykes	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-CA	Eric Swalwell	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-NY	Grace Meng	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-MI	Haley M. Stevens	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-CT	Jahana Hayes	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-MA	Jake Auchincloss	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-NY	Jamaal Bowman	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-CT	James A. Himes	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-MD	Jamie Raskin	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-VA	Jennifer Wexton	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-HI	Jill N. Tokuda	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-CT	John B. Larson	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-OH	Joyce Beatty	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-CA	Juan Vargas	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-CA	Judy Chu	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-CA	Julia Brownley	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-FL	Kathy Castor	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-TX	Lizzie Fletcher	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-FL	Lois Frankel	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-MA	Lori Trahan	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-PA	Madeleine Dean	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-CA	Mark Takano	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-NM	Melanie A. Stansbury	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-CA	Mike Thompson	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-NJ	Mikie Sherrill	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-GA	Nikema Williams	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-CA	Norma J. Torres	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-NY	Paul Tonko	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-MI	Rashida Tlaib	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-CA	Ro Khanna	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-CA	Robert Garcia	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-CA	Sara Jacobs	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-CA	Scott H. Peters	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-IL	Sean Casten	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-MA	Seth Moulton	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-FL	Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-VI	Stacey E. Plaskett	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-NV	Steven Horsford	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-PA	Susan Wild	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-CA	Ted Lieu	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-NM	Teresa Leger Fernandez	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-NC	Wiley Nickel	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-MA	William R. Keating	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Jan 11, 2023
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Feb 14, 2023
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Feb 14, 2023
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Feb 14, 2023
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee		Feb 14, 2023
D-NJ	Donald Norcross		Feb 14, 2023
D-FL	Jared Moskowitz		Feb 14, 2023
D-CO	Jason Crow		Feb 14, 2023
D-NC	Kathy E. Manning		Feb 14, 2023
D-CA	Mike Levin		Feb 14, 2023
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Feb 14, 2023
D-MD	Kweisi Mfume		Apr 13, 2023
D-CA	Katie Porter		Feb 1, 2024
D-VA	Jennifer L. McClellan		Nov 13, 2024

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Jan 11, 2023
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Jan 20, 2023

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 20, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 11, 2023Introduced in House
Jan 11, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 9, January 11, 2023, page H205.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 118-32	PROTECTING WORKERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES FROM BIDEN'S ATTACK ON WORKER FREE CHOICE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH160 pages	Education and Workforce Committee	Dec 13, 2023

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: 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.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Health Care Providers Safety Act of 2023

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 11, 2023Introduced in House

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