S. 4499 119th Congress Senate

ALERT Act of 2026

Official title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to expand and enhance the National Healthcare Safety Networ… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to expand and enhance the National Healthcare Safety Network to establish real time infectious disease and public health surveillance capabilities across nursing homes in the United States, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 12, 2026 Introduced by: Thom Tillis Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov

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May 12, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

May 12, 2026

Introduced in Senate

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What's happening now May 12, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 2

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS (NAESP)
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS (NAESP) · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS (NAESP)
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS (NAESP) · Virginia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
2 filings
Education, Dept of
2 filings
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
2 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
2 filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2 filings
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
2 filings
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
2 filings
SENATE
2 filings

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Cosponsors 1

Hickenlooper, John W.

Colorado · May 12, 2026

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4499: ALERT Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4499/

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