# 119-s-1974: ABC-ED Act of 2025

119-s-1974, ABC-ED Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] (D-DE); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-12).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1974
- Congress: 119
- Title: ABC-ED Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-06-05
- Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] (D-DE)
- Cosponsors: 13
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-06-12

## Summary

**Real-time hospital capacity tracking** and targeted emergency-care pilots would tackle emergency department boarding and long wait times by funding data systems, public dashboards, and new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation models. The bill would link state and regional capacity tracking to ED performance metrics while protecting privacy. - Patients and families: Would gain public dashboards showing hospital bed availability, ED boarding rates, and wait times to help find care and understand local emergency system strain. - Older adults and post-acute care residents: Would benefit from CMMI pilots that test geriatric-focused staffing, ED design changes, geriatric protocols, and better coordination with skilled nursing and assisted living for smoother transfers. - Hospitals, EMS, and states: Would be eligible for grants to build scalable, near real-time systems that track EDs, ICUs, inpatient psychiatric services, and skilled nursing capacity and integrate with hospital electronic health records. The bill would also require the Comptroller General to study best practices and report to Congress within one year on effects on boarding, wait times, and EMS offload times.

## Cosponsors (13)

- Sen. McCormick, David [R-PA] (R-PA), 2025-06-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] (R-NC), 2025-06-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] (I-ME), 2025-06-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2] (R-OK), 2025-06-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE), 2025-06-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC), 2025-06-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] (D-WA), 2025-06-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] (R-MS), 2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL] (R-AL), 2026-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] (R-WV), 2026-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2026-06-10T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Emergency pilots for seniors and psychiatric patients: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would let Medicare's innovation center test new emergency care models for older adults and people in acute psychiatric crisis. Models could fund staffing and staff education, changes to emergency department space, geriatric-focused policies and quality metrics, and dedicated em…
- State hospital bed capacity dashboards: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would let the Department of Health award grants or cooperative agreements to build state- or region-wide, real-time systems that track hospital bed capacity and related emergency department performance. Funded systems would track ED boarding rates, ED wait times for treatment,…

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- 119-sres-255: A resolution honoring the life, achievements, and legacy of former United States Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond of Missouri.
- 119-sres-159: A resolution honoring the life of the Honorable John Bennett Johnston, Jr., former Senator for the State of Louisiana.
- 119-sres-148: A resolution honoring the life of the Honorable Alan K. Simpson, former Senator for the State of Wyoming.

## Sources
- [119-s-1974 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1974)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1974 (as of 2026-06-12).