Even More Proposed Medical Device Connectivity Legislation

The FDA, medical devices, and cybersecurity are popular subject matter for proposed Federal legislation, even though most bills in this arena never clear committee. One wonders sometimes if those introducing such bills really care about them being enacted, or are they just an exercise in publicity and perhaps self-aggrandizement. On October 5, 2017 H.R. 3985: Internet of Medical Things Resilience Partnership Act of 2017 was introduced by Dave Trott of Michigan and Susan Brooks of Indiana.  In addition to possible self-aggrandizement, in the present case the bill also celebrates National Cybersecurity Month. If you haven't celebrated this yet, you better hurry. To my eye, and ear, the self-aggrandizement component is illustrated in part by the tense used in their announcement. For example it is stated in the press release that the bill "creates" the partnership, but a bill creates nothing. Wouldn't it be more accurate to say "seeks to create"? The announcement also switches back and forth between data security and the theoretical potential for malicious medical device hacking, a risk for which I am not aware of any public reports of actual occurrence. This of course does not mean that there is not extensive effort addressing such risks on  a variety of fronts including the FDA's recent Guidance on "Design Considerations and Premarket Submission Recommendations for Interoperable Medical Devices" which is part of its overall cybersecurity effort. While medical data breach...
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