Rosen Bipartisan Bill to Improve Cybersecurity in Healthcare Advances Out of Committee

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen's (D-NV) bipartisan legislation to bolster cybersecurity in the health care and public health sectors advanced out of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The bipartisan Healthcare Cybersecurity Act directs the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and Department of Health and Human Services to collaborate on cybersecurity to improve the resiliency of health care and public health sector entities. This bipartisan bill now heads to the full Senate for consideration.

"Recent cyberattacks have impacted Nevada health care providers and highlighted the urgent need for a strategy and interagency coordination to protect against mounting threats," said Senator Rosen. "I'm proud that my bipartisan legislation to improve cybersecurity in the health care sector and prevent data breaches has advanced out of committee. I'll keep working to protect Nevadans from malicious cyber actors and their personal information and data."

As the first and only former computer programmer to serve in the Senate, Senator Rosen has led the fight to strengthen the nation's cybersecurity. Earlier this year, Rosen called on the Department of Health and Human Services and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to create a plan to help health care systems respond to cyber attacks like the recent ransomware attack on Change Healthcare. Last year, her bipartisan Department of Defense Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve Act was included in the Fiscal Year 2024National Defense Authorization Act to recruit civilian cybersecurity personnel to serve in reserve capacities and respond to cyberattacks during times of need. Last Congress, Senator Rosen introduced bipartisan bills to bolster the cybersecurity of medical devices and records from the Department of Veterans' Affairs, both of which were signed into law.

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