A Democratic bill with 7 Republican cosponsors · See all 13 cosponsors
Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- 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
- Scored +6
Would people over 65 be better off under this?
The bill specifically includes pilot programs to improve emergency care and coordination for older adults.
- Scored +6
Would retired people be better off under this?
The bill provides improved care and infrastructure for older adults through pilot programs.
- Scored +5
Does this make mental health care easier to get?
The bill funds dedicated units in emergency departments to assist individuals in acute psychiatric crisis.
The opposite
- Scored -2
Does this give people more control over their personal data?
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. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Healthcare
- Does this make health care easier to get in general? — The act improves emergency care through better hospital capacity tracking and specialized care models. Does this make mental health care easier to get? — The bill funds dedicated units in emergency departments to assist individuals in acute psychiatric crisis. Does this put more money into medical research? — The bill funds research-based ways to improve emergency care for older adults and psychiatric patients.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would retired people be better off under this? — The bill provides improved care and infrastructure for older adults through pilot programs. Would people over 65 be better off under this? — The bill specifically includes pilot programs to improve emergency care and coordination for older adults.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see? — The bill implements public-facing dashboards to increase transparency of hospital capacity and wait times.
- Education And Technology
- Does this put more money into scientific research? — The bill funds research for improving emergency care models. Does this give people more control over their personal data? — The creation of public-facing dashboards for hospital capacity may raise privacy concerns.
- 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
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
Richard BlumenthalDemocrat · Connecticut
Lisa Blunt RochesterDemocrat · Delaware
Ted BuddRepublican · North Carolina
Maria CantwellDemocrat · Washington
Shelley CapitoRepublican · West Virginia
Cindy Hyde-SmithRepublican · Mississippi
Angus KingIndependent · Maine
Markwayne MullinRepublican · Oklahoma
David McCormickRepublican · Pennsylvania
Jeanne ShaheenDemocrat · New Hampshire
Tommy TubervilleRepublican · Alabama
Thomas TillisRepublican · North Carolina
Peter WelchDemocrat · Vermont