Health Data Collection Improvement Act of 2010
Latest action · Sep 16, 2010 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 14, 2010
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Health Data Collection Improvement Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure that the collection of data on sexual orientation and gender identity is provided for within HHS health service programs and health surveys. Makes the provision of such information by an individual voluntary.
Prohibits an agency or person that collects data from an individual from using such data, or the decision of the individual not to provide such data, in any manner that adversely affects the individual.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop standards for the measurement of, and collection of information about, sexual orientation and gender identity; (2) analyze data collected under this Act to detect and monitor health disparities at the federal and state levels; (3) report to Congress and the public on the results of such analyses; and (4) integrate such data analyses with other activties that identify and analyze health disparities by race, ethnicity, sex, disability, primary language, or other population.
Applies privacy protections to data collected under this Act and security safeguards to the collection, analysis and sharing of such data.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 14, 2010.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Original | Sep 14, 2010 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | Sep 14, 2010 |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Original | Sep 14, 2010 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Sep 14, 2010 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Sep 15, 2010Hearings Sep 15, 2010Reported Sep 16, 2010Markup Sep 16, 2010 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 16, 2010Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 12 - 10 .
- Sep 16, 2010Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 15, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Sep 15, 2010Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Sep 14, 2010Introduced in House
- Sep 14, 2010Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 111-154 | PENDING PUBLIC HEALTH LEGISLATION73 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Sep 15, 2010 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that each HHS health service program or HHS health survey provides, to the extent the Secretary determines appropriate and practicable, for the voluntary collection of data on the sexual orientation and gender identity of individuals who apply for or receive health services through such program, or who respond to such survey.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Health Data Collection Improvement Act of 2010
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 14, 2010Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
