House bill would add cybersecurity official at HHS

Legislation introduced by two members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee would establish a chief information security officer at the Department of Health and Human Services, based on the committee's finding of data-security risks at the department, according to the bill's sponsors.

The bill, by Reps. Billy Long (R-MO) and Doris Matsui (D-CA), is the latest in a series of federal proposals targeting HHS and the healthcare industry, including passage of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 which mandated...