Heat Emergency Assessment and Tracking using AI Act
Sponsored By: Representative Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
Introduced
Summary
Creates a federal AI surveillance program to detect and prevent heat-related illness and death. The bill would fund competitive grants to build AI tools that analyze medical records, death certificates, and coroner reports while linking local weather and workplace data, and it would require national reporting guidelines and regular program reports.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Grants for AI heat surveillance
If enacted, HHS would create a Heat Illness AI Surveillance and Response Program. The program would be authorized $25 million per year for fiscal years 2027 through 2031. HHS would award between 3 and 5 competitive grants to public or private entities that represent diverse climates, including at least one urban and one rural community. Grant money would fund developing and testing AI tools that analyze medical records, death certificates, and coroner reports, integrate local weather and occupational data, run surveillance, create heat response plans, train clinicians, and do community outreach. Applicants would need an implementation plan, partners, any prior AI tools, and steps to follow Federal and State privacy laws.
Reports and federal AI recommendations
If enacted, the Secretary would send progress reports to Congress within one year and then every year until a final report. Progress reports would describe program implementation, data accuracy on heat-related deaths and illnesses, trends, and public health outcomes. A final report would be due by September 30, 2031 and must evaluate overall program effectiveness and costs and benefits of activities. By that date, the Secretary would also issue recommendations and advise federal agencies on broadly deploying AI technologies for tracking heat-related deaths nationwide, including best practices for design, operation, sharing, risk management, auditing, and performance.
National rules for heat reporting
If enacted, the CDC Director would issue national guidelines within two years to standardize how heat illnesses and deaths are documented and reported. The guidelines would include improved use of external cause codes under the International Classification of Diseases. The Director may issue the guidance when the Director determines appropriate and may do so even if the HHS program ends earlier.
Privacy rules and AI oversight
If enacted, the Secretary would require program activities to follow HIPAA and other federal privacy laws. The Secretary would also create an AI advisory board to promote transparency, community input, fairness, accuracy, and equitable AI performance across demographic and geographic groups.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
NY • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4]
AZ • D
Sponsored 6/11/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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