# 119-hr-612: Health Care Providers Safety Act of 2025

119-hr-612, Health Care Providers Safety Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16] (D-TX); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-612
- Congress: 119
- Title: Health Care Providers Safety Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-22
- Sponsor: Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16] (D-TX)
- Cosponsors: 72
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Authorizes grants to health care providers to strengthen physical and cyber security.** It would let the Secretary award grants to pay for security services and facility upgrades so patients, staff, and visitors have safe access. - Health care providers: Could receive grants to cover costs of necessary security services and physical upgrades, including video surveillance camera systems and structural improvements. - Patients, staff, and visitors: Would see safer access to care through funded improvements to facility security and access controls. - Cybersecurity and data privacy: Grants may be used for data privacy enhancements and other cyber security measures to protect electronic health information.

## Cosponsors (72)

- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] (D-GA), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52] (D-CA), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (D-MN), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37] (D-TX), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11] (D-NJ), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11] (D-OH), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] (D-GA), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sykes, Emilia Strong [D-OH-13] (D-OH), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35] (D-CA), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (D-IL), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bynum, Janelle S. [D-OR-5] (D-OR), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10] (D-FL), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fletcher, Lizzie [D-TX-7] (D-TX), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] (D-NY), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4] (D-VA), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25] (D-NY), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] (D-MA), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3] (D-AZ), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] (D-MS), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3] (D-NM), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10] (D-IL), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22] (D-FL), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34] (D-CA), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42] (D-CA), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large] (D-VT), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32] (D-TX), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] (D-HI), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Morrison, Kelly [D-MN-3] (D-MN), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] (D-NC), 2025-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2] (D-RI), 2025-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mrvan, Frank J. [D-IN-1] (D-IN), 2025-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] (D-CA), 2025-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11] (D-MI), 2025-08-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4] (D-CT), 2026-01-12T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Security grants for clinics and hospitals: benefit, low. If enacted, the Secretary would be able to award grants to health care providers to improve physical and cyber security. Providers could use funds for necessary security services and upgrades like camera systems, data privacy work, and building improvements. The goal would be safer access for patie…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-612 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/612)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-612 (as of 2026-04-21).