Protecting Hospitals from Disaster Act of 2026

This bill would add a new duty for Medicare quality improvement organizations: helping hospitals and similar facilities prepare for and respond to extreme weather events to reduce risks to the facilities and their patients. It would direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to move $50 million for fiscal year 2026 from the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund to a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services account to pay for this support. The money would remain available until spent. Facilities covered include hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, critical access hospitals, long-term care hospitals, rural emergency hospitals, and inpatient rehabilitation facilities.

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Sponsors

• Donald S. Beyer, Jr. Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors