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<span>Healthcare<\/span> <\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> A legislative package that would overhaul cybersecurity practices at the Department of Health and Human Services sailed through committee. <\/p>\n<p>   <\/div>\n<div class=\"single-article__cover-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"single-article__cover\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/senate-moves-one-step-closer-to-passing-health-care-cyber-reforms.jpg?resize=640%2C426&ssl=1\" class=\"single-article__cover-image wp-post-image\" alt decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/senate-moves-one-step-closer-to-passing-health-care-cyber-reforms-5.jpg 5616w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/senate-moves-one-step-closer-to-passing-health-care-cyber-reforms-5.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, 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Bill Cassidy (R-LA), is one of four Senators to sponsor the Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act, which passed through the Senate HELP Committee 22-1. (Photo by Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"38.786023973476\"><body readability=\"78.833333333333\"><\/p>\n<p>A key Senate Committee moved to advance legislation that would overhaul cybersecurity practices at the Department of Health and Human Services.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.help.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/9fff0993-cb5d-cd55-c99b-bd7653cc64b9\/S.%203315%20MA.pdf\">legislation<\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n<p>It would direct the department to partner with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on oversight of cybersecurity in the health care and public health sectors, create specific cybersecurity guidance for rural healthcare providers and develop a plan to boost cybersecurity literacy within the healthcare workforce.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cassidy and other members cited the <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/change-healthcare-breach-affected-100-million-americans-marking-a-new-record\/\">2024 Change Healthcare<\/a> attack as a <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/senate-cybersecurity-health-care-data-bill\/\">major driver<\/a> for the legislation, arguing the incident was emblematic of a sector that is under constant siege from cybercriminals, ransomware actors and nation-states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year there were more than 730 cyber breaches affecting over 270 million Americans [connected to] Change Healthcare, exposing 190 million people\u2019s data and delaying access to care.\u201d Cassidy said at the opening of the hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Another provision would designate the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response at HHS as the Sector Risk Management Agency for the Healthcare and Public Health sectors.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, an HHS official from that office speaking at CyberTalks, presented by CyberScoop, <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/hhs-burrows-into-identifying-risks-to-health-sector-from-third-party-vendors\/\">said<\/a> the Change Healthcare attack took many private and public sector defenders by surprise, underscoring how the compromise of a little-known third-party service provider concentrated within a single sector can still take down wide swaths of industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t a hospital, it was a company most people have never heard of and had major impacts on our sector and threatened the liquidity of our entire health care system,\u201d said Charlee Hess, director of the healthcare and public health sector cybersecurity at the Administration for Strategy Preparedness and Response division. \u201cWe recovered from that, but we realized there are third-party risks lurking in our health care system, and we don\u2019t even know they\u2019re there. Where are those entities or systems that will have an outsized impact on our sector?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The bill would update one of the sector\u2019s main data protection laws, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, to ensure regulated entities use modern cybersecurity practices. It would also establish a new federal grant program to help hospitals, cancer centers, rural health clinics, the Indian Health Service, academic health centers and partnering nonprofit organizations adopt cybersecurity best practices <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCyberattacks in the health care sector can have a wide range of devastating consequences, from exposing private medical information to disrupting care in ERs \u2013 and it can be particularly difficult for medical providers in rural communities with fewer resources to prevent and respond to these attacks,\u201d Hassan said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"3.5\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"13\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/senate-moves-one-step-closer-to-passing-health-care-cyber-reforms-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Derek B. 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