Senators reintroduce bill to boost healthcare cybersecurity

Four U.S. lawmakers – including the chair of the high-profile Senate health, education, labor and pensions committee – are taking another stab with a bipartisan bill aimed at strengthening cybersecurity in healthcare.

The Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act of 2025 unveiled last week is a nearly identical version of a bill first introduced in November 2024 by the same group of senators.

The bill calls for multiple initiatives including bolstering HIPAA privacy regulations, providing cyber grants and training to the sector, and providing more detailed breach notification data. Reintroduced last Thursday, the bill is co-sponsored by Senators Bill Cassidy, R-La. – a physician and chair of the Senate HELP committee; Mark Warner, D-Va.; John Cornyn, R-Texas; and Maggie Hassan, D-N.H.

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