Bill · S. 1974· Senate(119-S-1974)
ABC-ED Act of 2025
- Introduced
- 6/5/2025
- Last activity
- 6/5/2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Sponsored by
- Christopher Coons
- Cosponsors
- - 5 - 7
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The ABC-ED Act of 2025 aims to update several federal acts to address issues in emergency care. It amends the Public Health Service Act to allow data modernization grants to fund systems that track hospital bed capacity and its impact on emergency departments. The bill also updates the Social Security Act to include pilot programs for improving emergency care for older adults and individuals in acute psychiatric crisis. Additionally, it directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study on best practices for tracking hospital capacity through public health data systems. This study will examine how such systems affect emergency department boarding, wait times, and medical personnel offload times.
Yes· 3 of 7
Would people over 65 be better off under this?+6
The bill specifically includes pilot programs to improve emergency care and coordination for older adults.
Would retired people be better off under this?+6
The bill provides improved care and infrastructure for older adults through pilot programs.
Does this make mental health care easier to get?+5
The bill funds dedicated units in emergency departments to assist individuals in acute psychiatric crisis.
The opposite
Does this give people more control over their personal data?-2
The creation of public-facing dashboards for hospital capacity may raise privacy concerns.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Improved Information Access: Grants may be used to create a public-facing dashboard that provides information on hospital bed capacity and emergency department metrics, provided privacy laws are followed (Section 2).
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Enhanced Emergency Care for Older Adults: The bill includes pilot programs to improve care for older adults through better staffing, education, infrastructure changes, and improved coordination with post-acute care facilities like skilled nursing and assisted living facilities (Section 3).
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Improved Emergency Care for Psychiatric Crisis: The bill promotes research-based ways to help individuals in acute psychiatric crisis by implementing dedicated units in emergency departments and improving transfers to post-acute care facilities (Section 3).
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Better Tracking of Healthcare Capacity: The legislation seeks to develop real-time, scalable systems to track hospital bed capacity, emergency department boarding rates, treatment wait times, and the time emergency medical services personnel wait to offload patients (Section 2 and Section 4).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- Privacy Concerns: While the bill mentions redacting information in accordance with applicable privacy laws, the creation of a public-facing dashboard for tracking hospital capacity involves the use of such information (Section 2).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Healthcare
- Improves Healthcare Access+5Improves Mental Health Access+5Increases Research Funding+3
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Retirees+6Good For Seniors+6
- Governance And Ideology
- Improves Government Transparency+4
- Education And Technology
- Increases Scientific Research Funding+3Improves Data Privacy-2
- 6/10/2026
- 2 Cosponsors added.
- 5/14/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 3/18/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 7/10/2025
- 2 Cosponsors added.
- 6/26/2025
- 2 Cosponsors added.
- 6/5/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- 5 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in Senate
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