,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cggc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #h   
7legislative day1 ,february #g71        
#bjbd,mr4 ,rubio 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,king1 ,mr4 ,tillis1 and ,ms4 ,hassan7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,health1 ,education1      
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
require the ,inspector ,general of the  
,department of ,health and ,human       
,services to evaluate the cybersecurity 
practices and protocols of the          
,department1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,strengthening ,cybersecurity in
 ,health ,care ,act4  #b4 ,evaluation of
 ,,hhs cybersecurity  7a7 ,in general   
,not later than #b years after the date 
of enactment of this ,act1 and every #b 
years thereafter1 the ,inspector        
,general of the ,department of ,health  
and ,human ,services shall evaluate the 
cybersecurity practices and protocols of

 the ,department through the conduct of 
penetration tests and other testing     
procedures to determine how systems     
processing1 transmitting1 or storing    
mission critical or sensitive data by1  
for1 or on behalf of the ,department is 
currently1 or could be compromised and--
 7#a7 expose patient data1 including    
,medicare numbers of individuals2 or    
7#b7 impact patient safety4  7b7        
,reports ,not later than #b years after 
the date of enactment of this ,act1 and 
every #b years thereafter-- 7#a7 the    
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services shall submit to ,congress a   
report that describes how the ,secretary
 will update the cybersecurity practices
 and protocols of the ,department of    
,health and ,human ,services to adapt to
 the latest cyberattack strategies2 and 
7#b7 the ,inspector ,general of the     
,department of ,health and ,human       
,services shall submit to ,congress a   
report that describes-- 7,a7 how the    
,inspector ,general is currently using  

,federal funds of the ,inspector        
,general to carry out subsection 7a72   
and  7,b7 additional funding or         
legislative changes required for the    
,inspector ,general to maintain the     
evaluation described in subsection 7a74