Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) has introduced a bill that would subject Chinese-made medical devices already cleared for U.S. use to cybersecurity checks.
The legislation, called the Countering Chinese Cyberthreats for Patients Act, or Countering CCP Act, would give federal health regulators the flexibility to retroactively enforce cybersecurity measures. It is aimed at cracking down on “dangerous devices,” Cotton said.
“Communist Chinese-made medical devices threaten the privacy and safety of every American patient,” Cotton said in a statement on June 25.
The bill would direct the Department of Health and Human Services to identify any potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities in internet-connected medical devices made in China. The Food and Drug Administration and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency would also join the review process….