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S. 2169119th CongressScience, Technology, Communications
Rural Hospital Cybersecurity Enhancement Act
Sponsored by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) · 6 active : 1 Republican, 5 Democrats
Latest action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 309.
Where it standsBefore the Senate4 senators score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- Senate: next
- House: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govRural Hospital Cybersecurity Enhancement Act
This 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.
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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.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · SenateReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Subjects
- Computer security and identity theft
- Health facilities and institutions
- Higher education
- Rural conditions and development
- Vocational and technical education
How the Senate breaks down
- 4Swing 70–100
- 61Middle 30–70
- 35Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
- Ideology gap
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Cosponsors
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- Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
- Susan M. Collins (R-ME)
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
