YourVoice.Now Summary
Workers & JobsTransparency & AccountabilityRural hospitals would get a plan for hiring cyber staff, and free training, but no new money.
Workers & Jobs
HHS would have one year to write the plan and send it to Congress. The plan must look at ties with community colleges and trade schools. It covers small rural hospitals, such as critical access and rural emergency hospitals.
HHS would put basic cyber training materials on its website at no cost. It would also run a campaign so rural hospitals know they are there.
Transparency & Accountability
After the first full budget year, HHS would brief Congress every year on the plan and on any training it started. The briefings go to committees, not to the public.
More about this bill
If a rural hospital serves your area, you would not see a change in your care or your bills. This is a planning step. The Department of Health and Human Services would have one year to write a plan for staffing cybersecurity at rural hospitals. The bill points to a growing need for these skills in rural care. HHS would also post free training materials online within that year. Rural hospital staff could use them to learn cybersecurity basics. The plan would look at ties with community colleges and trade schools in rural areas. Each year after, HHS would tell Congress how the work is going. It would also report how many people were trained. No new money is set aside for any of it.
Congressional Summary
Rural Hospital Cybersecurity Enhancement ActThis bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create a workforce development strategy to address the need for cybersecurity professionals in rural hospitals.Among other topics, the strategy must consider (1) partnerships between rural hospitals, hospitals that are not rural hospitals, educational institutions, and private nonprofit or for-profit entities; and (2) the development of a cybersecurity curriculum for use in rural educational institutions. HHS must annually brief Congress on the strategy and any programs or initiatives established thereunder.Additionally, HHS must disseminate free materials that rural hospitals may use to train staff about cybersecurity.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Reported to Senate
- Action Date
- 2026-01-28
- Date Added
- 2026-05-09
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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