Bill funds hospitals to fight climate change and stay open
H.R. 9962 — Green New Deal for Health Act · Filed by Ro Khanna (D-CA) · 7 cosponsors · Introduced Jul 27, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill sets up new government offices to help hospitals prepare for climate change. It requires hospitals to tell the government before they close. Hospitals must keep important services running. The bill pays for hospitals to upgrade to cleaner energy. It trains doctors and nurses to treat climate-caused health problems.
Who it affects
Hospitals and health care workers get money and rules about closures. Drug and device makers must report climate risks. People in low-income and environmental justice communities get more climate-ready health care.
One thing to notice
The bill spends over 130 billion dollars. It requires hospitals to get permission before closing, which may keep hospitals open in some areas.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
7 cosponsors: 7 Democrats.
- Jul 27, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 27, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and House Committee on Ways and Means · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- environmental justice communities — neighborhoods with low income that face more pollution and health risks
- climate-ready health care — health services built to handle dangers from climate change
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (50,012 characters) on Aug 5, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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