# 119-hr-7486: Protecting Hospitals from Disaster Act of 2026

119-hr-7486, Protecting Hospitals from Disaster Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-7486
- Congress: 119
- Title: Protecting Hospitals from Disaster Act of 2026
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-02-11
- Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Would expand Quality Improvement Organizations' (QIOs) role to help hospitals and other facility-based providers prepare for and respond to extreme weather.** It would add a specific QIO mandate to deliver resilience and emergency-readiness support to those providers. - Facility-based providers would be covered — hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, critical access hospitals, long-term care hospitals, rural emergency hospitals, and inpatient rehabilitation facilities would be eligible for QIO preparedness and response support. - Patients and communities would benefit from stronger facility readiness and response aimed at reducing immediate harm and longer-term health risks from extreme weather. - Administration and funding would be targeted — the bill would authorize a one-time transfer to CMS to fund QIO disaster-preparedness activities and link those activities to existing Medicare program authorities. *Would authorize a one-time $50 million transfer from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund to the CMS Program Management Account for fiscal year 2026, available until expended to fund QIO disaster-preparedness support.*

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16] (R-FL), 2026-02-11T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- One-time disaster help for hospitals: benefit, low. This bill would transfer $50 million from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund to CMS for fiscal year 2026. The funds would remain available until expended. The money would require Quality Improvement Organizations to give facility-based providers help preparing for and responding to extreme w…

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- 119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-8438: Wildlife Corridors and Habitat Connectivity Conservation Act of 2026
- 119-hr-5658: Child Care for Every Community Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-7486 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7486)

## Related
- [119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6900)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-8438: Wildlife Corridors and Habitat Connectivity Conservation Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8438)
- [119-hr-5658: Child Care for Every Community Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5658)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7486 (as of 2026-04-21).