,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cihe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #e1         
#bjag,mr4 ,trott 7for himself and ,mrs4 
,brooks of ,indiana7 introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to establish a working group
 of public and private entities led by  
the ,food and ,drug ,administration to  
recommend voluntary frameworks and      
guidelines to increase the security and 
resilience of ,internet of ,medical     
,things devices1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,internet of ,medical      
,things ,resilience ,partnership ,act of
 #bjag4  #b4 ,study on the security and 
resilience of certain medical devices   
7a7 ,study ,not later than #e months    
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,commissioner of the ,food and
 ,drug ,administration1 in consultation 
with the ,national ,institute of        
,standards and ,technology1 shall       

establish a working group of public and 
private entities to develop             
recommendations for voluntary frameworks
 and guidelines to increase the security
 and resilience of networked medical    
devices sold in the ,united ,states that
 store1 receive1 access1 or transmit    
information to an external recipient or 
system for which unauthorized access1   
modification1 misuse1 or denial of use  
may result in patient harm4  7b7        
,working group  7#a7 ,in general ,in    
developing the recommendations under    
subsection 7a71 the ,commissioner shall 
seek input from a working group         
representing the ,federal ,government1  
industry1 and academia4  7#b7           
,chairperson ,the ,commissioner of the  
,food and ,drug ,administration1 or a   
designee of the ,commissioner1 shall    
serve as the chairperson of the working 
group established under paragraph 7#a74 
7#c7 ,membership ,membership of the     
working group shall include a           
representative from each of the         

following3 7,a7 ,the ,center for        
,devices and ,radiological ,health of   
the ,food and ,drug ,administration4    
7,b7 ,the ,office of the ,national      
,coordinator for ,health ,information   
,technology of the ,department of       
,health and ,human ,services4  7,c7 ,the
 ,office of ,technology ,research and   
,investigation of the ,federal ,trade   
,commission4  7,d7 ,the ,cybersecurity  
and ,communications ,reliability        
,division of the ,federal               
,communications ,commission4  7,e7 ,the 
,national ,institute of ,standards and  
,technology of the ,department of       
,commerce4  7,f7 ,the ,national ,cyber  
,security ,alliance4  7#d7 ,appointed   
,members ,the chairperson shall appoint 
to the working group a minimum of #c    
qualified representatives from each of  
the following private sector categories3
  7,a7 ,medical device manufacturers4   
7,b7 ,health care providers4  7,c7      
,health insurance providers4  7,d7      
,cloud computing4  7,e7 ,wireless       

network providers4  7,f7 ,enterprise    
security solutions systems4  7,g7       
,health information technology4  7,h7   
,web-based mobile application           
developers4  7,i7 ,software developers4 
7,j7 ,hardware developers4  7c7 ,report 
,not later than #ah months after the    
date of enactment of this ,act1 the     
,commissioner shall submit to ,congress 
a report on the recommendations         
developed under subsection 7a71         
including--  7#a7 an identification of  
existing cybersecurity standards1       
guidelines1 frameworks1 and best        
practices that are applicable to        
mitigate vulnerabilities in the devices 
described in subsection 7a72  7#b7 an   
identification of existing and          
developing international and domestic   
cybersecurity standards1 guidelines1    
frameworks1 and best practices that     
mitigate vulnerabilities in such        
devices2  7#c7 a specification of       
high-priority gaps for which new or     
revised standards are needed2 and  7#d7 

potential action plans by which such    
gaps can be addressed4