Stroke Act

Stroke Act (S. 5260) would authorize the Department of Health and Human Services to fund research into how stroke care is delivered — including gaps in hospital and pre-hospital treatment, barriers to research participation, public education, and disparities in access to care and treatment across demographic groups. It would also let HHS, through the CDC, award grants to expand a national stroke registry that tracks standardized data on stroke treatment and outcomes, fund efforts to strengthen coordinated stroke-care systems (such as EMS training and telestroke support), and fund a national public education campaign on stroke prevention and recognizing symptoms. Total authorized funding would be $25 million per year for fiscal years 2027 through 2032, covering all four program areas combined.

The bill would primarily affect hospitals and stroke treatment centers (including comprehensive, thrombectomy-capable, and primary stroke centers), emergency medical services personnel, public health agencies, and nonprofit organizations eligible to receive the grants. Indirectly, it aims to benefit stroke patients and the general public through improved data collection, faster treatment identification, and expanded education.

The bill was introduced in the Senate on August 5, 2026, by Senator Ben Ray Luján along with ten cosponsors, and has been referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. It would need to be approved by that committee, pass both the Senate and House, and be signed by the President before becoming law.

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