Legislation· Oct 2026Sponsored by Bill Cassidy (R)
Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act of 2026
Requires health care providers to adopt cybersecurity standards and establishes federal grants for workforce training.
Tradeoff
Authorizes $421 million in federal spending over six years to help hospitals, clinics, and rural providers hire cybersecurity staff and upgrade systems. Funding is subject to congressional .
What's in it
Requires $421 million in federal spending over 2026-2031, subject to .
This $421 million funds federal grants and programs administered by to help health care providers hire cybersecurity staff, upgrade systems, and access threat intelligence and training courses over six years.
Passed the Senate by on September 30, 2026 — now in the House.
Senate
Introduced
(Dec 2, 2025)
Senate
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions(Dec 2, 2025)
Senate
The Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions voted to send it to the floor
Reported(Feb 26, 2026)
Senate · Amended
Senator Cassidy's
Agreed to by (S.Amdt. 5819 · Sep 30, 2026)
Replaces the earlier text with only a grant program for health cybersecurity upgrades, dropping its authorization of appropriations and all other provisions.
No individual votes were recorded.
Senate
Passage of the bill
Passed by (Sep 30, 2026)
No individual votes were recorded.
House
Received from the Senate
Received(Oct 5, 2026)
- Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Mark R. Warner (D-VA)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- Angus S., Jr. King (I-ME)