Washington, DC — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) yesterday introduced legislation to combat the cybersecurity risk posed by Communist Chinese-made medical devices. The Countering Chinese Cyberthreats for Patients (Countering CCP) Act would direct the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to review and recall these devices to protect American’s health data and privacy.

In May, Senator Cotton sent a letter to the FDA requesting an enhanced review of Chinese-manufactured medical devices following the FDA recall of Contec CMS8000.

“Communist Chinese-made medical devices threaten the privacy and safety of every American patient. My bill would crack-down on these dangerous devices,” said Senator Cotton.

Text of the bill can be found here.

The Countering Chinese Cyberthreats for Patients (Countering CCP) Act would:

• Direct the FDA and CISA to conduct a retroactive review of legacy Chinese-made networked medical devices to identify potential cybersecurity risks.

  

• Direct the FDA to recall Chinese-made networked medical devices that pose cybersecurity risks to American patients.

• Direct HHS and CISA to submit a report to Congress describing cyber preparedness of the U.S. medical device industry, Chinese market share of medical devices made in the U.S., and methods to bolster cyber preparedness of the U.S. medical device industry.