Bill funds health centers to prepare for climate crises.
S. 5292 — GREEN Hospitals Act · Filed by Ed Markey (D-MA) · Introduced Aug 6, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill creates two grant programs for health centers. The first gives up to $100 billion for building solar panels, heat pumps, and green roofs. It also pays for wetlands and flood or fire safety. The second gives up to $5 billion to help health centers plan for crises. Both programs focus on health centers that serve poor patients. They also serve uninsured patients in areas with pollution.
Who it affects
Health centers that serve low-income and uninsured patients get money to build climate safety. Workers on these projects must earn prevailing wages and have union rights. Areas with pollution get at least half the planning money.
One thing to notice
The bill says $100 billion can be spent. Congress must vote to give that money in future budgets.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Aug 6, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Aug 6, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- prevailing wages — The pay rate that most workers in a job earn in that area.
- grant programs — Money the government gives to groups for a specific purpose.
- uninsured patients — People who do not have health insurance to pay for medical care.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (14,815 characters) on Aug 16, 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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