Senate passes bipartisan bill to bolster hospital cybersecurity
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill to strengthen hospital cybersecurity.
The U.S. Senate passed the bipartisan Health Care Cybersecurity and Resilience Act by unanimous consent. The legislation is intended to help healthcare providers strengthen cyber defenses and protect patient information. Lead sponsors include Sens. Bill Cassidy, Maggie Hassan, John Cornyn, and Mark Warner, with Cindy Hyde-Smith and Angus King as co-sponsors. The Senate HELP Committee announced the passage on Oct. 1.
- Senate passed the Health Care Cybersecurity and Resilience Act unanimously.
- The bill would help hospitals strengthen defenses and protect patient data.
- Cassidy, Hassan, Cornyn, and Warner sponsored the bipartisan measure.
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Naomi Diaz reports:
The Senate passed the bipartisan Health Care Cybersecurity and Resilience Act by unanimous consent.
The legislation aims to help healthcare providers strengthen their cybersecurity defenses and protect patient information, according to an Oct. 1 news release from the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
Sens. Bill Cassidy, MD, R-La., Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Mark Warner, D-Va., released statements on the Senate’s passage. Sens. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and Angus King, I-Maine, also co-sponsored the bill.
Read more at Becker’s HealthIT.
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