Congress 115 - HR 5942 - Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2018

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Allied health services Blood and blood diseases Cancer Cardiovascular and respiratory health Census and government statistics Child health Computers and information technology Consumer affairs Correctional facilities and imprisonment Crime victims Criminal justice information and records Dental care Disability and health-based discrimination Disability and paralysis Drug therapy Emergency medical services and trauma care Environmental health Family planning and birth control Foreign language and bilingual programs Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Hawaii Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Health Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health personnel Health promotion and preventive care Health technology, devices, supplies Hereditary and development disorders HIV/AIDS Immunology and vaccination Indian social and development programs Infectious and parasitic diseases Medicaid Medical education Medical ethics Medical research Medical tests and diagnostic methods Medicare Mental health Minority health Musculoskeletal and skin diseases Prescription drugs Racial and ethnic relations Radiation Research and development Rural conditions and development Sex and reproductive health Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Sexually transmitted diseases U.S. territories and protectorates Violent crime Women's health

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Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2018

This bill establishes a series of programs and requirements relating to the health of minority populations, including provisions to improve data collection, health literacy, health workforce diversity, and overall access to health care.

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Oct 19, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Oct 19, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development.
Jun 27, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 27, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Jun 27, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
May 24, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
May 23, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 23, 2018

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, the Budget, the Judiciary, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 23, 2018

Introduced in House

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