Senate moves one step closer to passing health care cyber reforms 

A key Senate Committee moved to advance legislation that would overhaul cybersecurity practices at the Department of Health and Human Services.

The bipartisan Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act sailed through the Senate Health, Education and Labor Committee Thursday on a 22-1 vote, with only Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., opposing it.

The legislation, sponsored by committee chair Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., John Cornyn, R-Texas and Maggie Hassan, D-NH, would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a cybersecurity incident response plan for the department and provide it to Congress for review.

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