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To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants for expanding, modernizing, or streamlining emergency department operations.
Summary
This bill establishes a federal grant program to help nonprofit hospitals expand, modernize, and streamline their emergency department operations. The Health Resources and Services Administration would award grants of up to $500,000 to nonprofit health care providers that already operate emergency departments. Grant funds may be used to hire and retain emergency department staff, modernize and optimize ED capacity through renovation or equipment purchases, improve patient flow through new processes, and provide training to existing staff on triage and patient care. The program authorizes $20 million annually from fiscal year 2026 through 2030. The Secretary of Health and Human Services must report to Congress on the program's effectiveness and impacts by the end of the third fiscal year after enactment.
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- Jun 12, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
- Jun 12, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 12, 2025
Mr. Lawler (for himself and Mr. Espaillat) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants for expanding, modernizing, or streamlining emergency department operations.
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 “Streamline Emergency Care Act”.
SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS.
(a) Awards.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the “Secretary”), acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall carry out a program of awarding grants to eligible entities for expanding, modernizing, or streamlining emergency department operations.
(b) Eligible Entities.—In this section, the term “eligible entity” means a health care provider that—
(1) is a nonprofit organization; and
(2) at the time of applying for a grant under this section, is already operating an emergency department.
(c) Amount.—The amount of a grant under subsection (a) shall not exceed $500,000.
(d) Use of Funds.—A grant received under this section may be used for any of the following:
(1) The hiring and retention of individuals to work in the emergency department.
(2) Optimizing and modernizing the capacity of an emergency department, and improving patient flow out of the emergency department, by—
(A) repurposing or renovating hospital spaces;
(B) implementing new processes; or
(C) purchasing equipment.
(3) Triage and other training to increase the capacity of existing personnel to assist in improving emergency department patient care and flow.
(e) Report.—Not later than the end of the third fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report on the effectiveness and impacts of the grant program under this section.
(f) Authorization of Appropriations.—To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030. <all>
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