Support and advance legislation to reduce emergency department overcrowding by expanding public health data grants for real-time hospital bed tracking, requiring a GAO study on hospital capacity data systems, and authorizing CMS Innovation Center pilot programs for patients likely to experience emergency department boarding.

U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) and David McCormick (R-Pa.) introduced the Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, bipartisan legislation to help alleviate emergency department overcrowding by improving the efficiency of emergency care to deliver better health outcomes. ... Specifically, the ABC-ED Act would: Expand public health data grants to support hospital bed tracking systems; Direct the Government Accountability Office to conduct a study to determine best practices for the development and maintenance of public health data systems for tracking hospital capacity; Authorize the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation Center to pilot improved care programs for patients most likely to experience ED boarding, including seniors and those with acute psychiatric needs.

McCormick introduced bipartisan legislation intended to reduce emergency department overcrowding through hospital bed tracking data systems, a GAO best-practices study, and CMS pilot programs for high-risk ED boarding patients.

Senators Coons, McCormick introduce legislation to reduce overcrowded emergency departments
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Senator David McCormick; In Congress 2025 - Present; Party Republican; Senate Pennsylvania 119th (2025-Present). Member Activity: Sponsored Legislation [38], Cosponsored Legislation (All) [163].

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Congress.gov confirms the relevant federal service term and provides the official activity set for McCormick's sponsored and cosponsored legislation in the 119th Congress. The listed official activity does not show delivery of the specific ED overcrowding package.

never same_term

Senator David McCormick | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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Status of Legislation: Became Law [3]. Subject - Policy Area: Health [10]. Senate Committee: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions [12].

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The official member activity page identifies only three McCormick-related items that became law and ten Health-policy items. Searches of the activity page did not identify the key promised provisions: hospital bed tracking, ED boarding, CMS Innovation Center pilots, or GAO hospital capacity data systems.

never same_term

Senator David McCormick | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 80%

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No matching text found for "hospital". No matching text found for "CMS". No matching text found for "bed". No matching text found for "boarding".

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Keyword checks against the official Congress.gov activity page found no matches for core terms that would normally appear in legislation implementing the promise.

never same_term

Senator David McCormick | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 78%

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S.1974 — ABC-ED Act of 2025; Sponsor: Coons; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; Latest Action: Read twice and referred.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): One health/HELP item in McCormick's activity is unrelated to emergency department overcrowding and remained only introduced/referred, not enacted. This does not deliver the promised hospital capacity data, GAO study, or CMS pilot provisions.

never same_term

Senator David McCormick | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 76%

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Type: Sponsored legislation Cosponsored legislation. 06-25-2026 S.4930; 06-25-2026 S.4904; 06-24-2026 S.4686; 06-23-2026 S.4633.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): McCormick's official Senate legislation page lists recent sponsored legislation through June 25, 2026, but the visible official list and page text do not identify an ED overcrowding, hospital bed tracking, GAO hospital capacity, or CMS Innovation Center pilot bill.

never same_term

Legislation - U.S. Senator Dave McCormick
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06-11-2026 | S.1974 | ABC-ED Act of 2025 Latest Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): McCormick's official cosponsored-legislation page, surfaced in the current lookback refresh with recent September 2026 rows on the same page, lists S.1974/ABC-ED Act and shows its latest action remains referral to HELP rather than passage or enactment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Legislation - U.S. Senator Dave McCormick
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 87%

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This bill has the status Introduced

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Congress.gov shows S.1974 has not advanced beyond introduced status, so the legislative attempt remains unresolved and not delivered.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Actions - S.1974 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): ABC-ED Act of 2025 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

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1 result for All Actions | Compact View

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The official action list shows only one action for S.1974, followed by referral to the Senate HELP Committee, with no recorded passage, presidential action, or public-law outcome.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Actions - S.1974 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): ABC-ED Act of 2025 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

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Sen. McCormick, David [R-PA]* 06/05/2025

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Congress.gov identifies McCormick as an original cosponsor of S.1974, documenting concrete same-term effort on the promised legislation.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Cosponsors - S.1974 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): ABC-ED Act of 2025 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%

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U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) and David McCormick (R-Pa.) introduced the Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): An official Senate press release says Coons and McCormick introduced the ABC-ED Act to address emergency department overcrowding, establishing direct support and legislative effort by McCormick.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Senators Coons, McCormick introduce legislation to reduce overcrowded emergency departments
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Expand public health data grants to support hospital bed tracking systems

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The official release lists the promised public-health-data grant expansion for hospital bed tracking as a specific component of the ABC-ED Act.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Senators Coons, McCormick introduce legislation to reduce overcrowded emergency departments
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%