ABC-ED Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 1974 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1974 To amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 5, 2025 Mr. Coons (for himself, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Tillis, Mr. King, Mr. Mullin, and Ms. Blunt Rochester) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department Act of 2025'' or the ``ABC-ED Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. ALLOWING PUBLIC HEALTH DATA MODERNIZATION GRANTS TO BE USED TO TRACK HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY. Section 2823(a)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh-33(a)(1)) is amended-- (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' at the end; (2) in subparagraph (B)(viii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and (3) by adding at the end the following: ``(C) award grants or cooperative agreements to appropriate entities for the expansion and modernization of public health data systems by-- ``(i) developing State- or region-wide, real-time (or near real-time), accurate, and scalable systems for tracking-- ``(I) hospital bed capacity; and ``(II) how such capacity affects emergency department boarding rates, wait times for treatment in emergency departments, and the amount of time emer