Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2020
Latest action · Jul 9, 2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
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.
- IntroducedApr 28, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2020
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and others to undertake efforts to reduce health disparities.
For example, the bill (1) requires more detailed reporting of demographic and health disparities data, (2) directs certain components of HHS to support health workforce diversity, and (3) increases access to culturally and linguistically appropriate health care.
The bill also modifies eligibility and other requirements for Medicare, Medicaid, private health insurance, and other programs to reduce health disparities among vulnerable populations. The bill includes specific provisions with respect to noncitizens; maternal, infant, and child health; mental and behavioral health; and specified conditions that disproportionately affect racial and ethnic minority groups, such as certain cancers, HIV/AIDs, kidney disease, and diabetes.
Additionally, the bill (1) revises health information technology programs to address health disparities; (2) establishes an Office of Health Disparities within HHS, as well as civil rights compliance offices within HHS agencies; and (3) supports health impact assessments and other efforts pertaining to environmental justice and social determinants of health.
The Government Accountability Office must report on health workforce diversity and other specified issues related to health care and health disparities.
Cosponsors 106
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 28, 2020 to Dec 10, 2020; 79 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | A. Donald McEachin | Original | Apr 28, 2020 |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Apr 28, 2020 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Apr 28, 2020 |
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Apr 28, 2020 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Apr 28, 2020 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Apr 28, 2020 |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Apr 28, 2020 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Apr 28, 2020 |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Original | Apr 28, 2020 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Apr 28, 2020 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Apr 28, 2020 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Apr 28, 2020 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Apr 28, 2020 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Apr 28, 2020 |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Original | Apr 28, 2020 |
Committees 11
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 Apr 28, 2020 |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Apr 28, 2020 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Apr 28, 2020 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Apr 28, 2020 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Apr 28, 2020 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Apr 28, 2020 |
| House | Budget Committee | Referred Apr 28, 2020 |
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Apr 28, 2020 |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Apr 28, 2020 |
| Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Jul 9, 2020 | |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Jul 9, 2020 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Apr 28, 2020 |
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Apr 28, 2020 |
| Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Jun 1, 2020 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 9, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
- Jul 9, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
- Jun 1, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
- Apr 28, 2020Introduced in House
- Apr 28, 2020Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E403-404)
- Apr 28, 2020Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Oversight and Reform, Ways and Means, Education and Labor, the Judiciary, the Budget, Veterans' Affairs, Natural Resources, Armed Services, and Homeland Security, 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E403 | Jesús G. "Chuy" García D-IL | Apr 28, 2020 |
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 80, April 28, 2020, page H1965.
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. 116-74 | PANDEMIC RESPONSE: CONFRONTING THE UNEQUAL IMPACTS OF COVID-1955 pages | Homeland Security Committee | Jul 10, 2020 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47528 | Immigration Options and Professional Requirements for Foreign Health Care Workers | Report | Apr 28, 2023 |
Related bills 38
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 286 | Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2019 | Related bill | Jan 31, 2019 |
| S 916 | MOMMA’s Act | Related bill | Mar 27, 2019 |
| HR 945 | Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2019 | Related bill | Sep 9, 2020 |
| S 946 | Henrietta Lacks Enhancing Cancer Research Act of 2019 | Related bill | Mar 28, 2019 |
| S 948 | Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act | Related bill | Mar 28, 2019 |
Titles 24
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2020
- Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Kidney Disease Research, Surveillance, Prevention and Treatment Improvement Act of 2020
- Stop HIV in Prison Act
- Bone Marrow Failure Disease Research and Treatment Act of 2020
- Viral Hepatitis and Liver Cancer Control and Prevention Act of 2020
- Henrietta Lacks Enhancing Cancer Research Act of 2020
- Prostate Research, Outreach, Screening, Testing, Access, and Treatment Effectiveness Act of 2020
- Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act of 2020
- Health Empowerment Zone Act of 2020
- Correcting Hurtful and Alienating Names in Government Expression (CHANGE) Act
- Prostate Cancer Detection Research and Education Act
- PRIME Act of 2020
- Prostate Research, Imaging, and Men’s Education Act of 2020
- PROSTATE Act
- Immigrants’ Mental Health Act of 2020
- Rural MOMS Act
- Rural Maternal and Obstetric Modernization of Services Act
- MOMMA’s Act
- Mothers and Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Awareness Act
- Sleep and Circadian Rhythm Disorders Health Disparities Act
- End Tuberculosis Act
- National Prostate Cancer Plan Act
- Social Determinants Accelerator Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Academic performance and assessments
- Accounting and auditing
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advisory bodies
- Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
- Allied health services
- American Samoa
- Appropriations
- Assault and harassment offenses
- Birth defects
- Blood and blood diseases
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Budget deficits and national debt
- Budget process
- Cancer
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Caribbean area
- Census and government statistics
- Child care and development
- Child health
- Community life and organization
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Consumer affairs
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Crime victims
- Crimes against women
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal justice information and records
- Dental care
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Digestive and metabolic diseases
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Disability and paralysis
- Drug therapy
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employment and training programs
- Environmental health
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Family planning and birth control
- Family relationships
- Firearms and explosives
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Foreign labor
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Guam
- Gulf of Mexico
- 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 programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Hereditary and development disorders
- Higher education
- HIV/AIDS
- Hospital care
- Immigrant health and welfare
- Immigration status and procedures
- Immunology and vaccination
- Indian social and development programs
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Inflation and prices
- Intergovernmental relations
- Labor standards
- Marshall Islands
- Medicaid
- Medical education
- Medical ethics
- Medical research
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Medicare
- Mental health
- Micronesia
- Minority education
- Minority health
- Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Oceania
- Palau
- Prescription drugs
- Puerto Rico
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Radiation
- Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
- Research and development
- Rural conditions and development
- Sales and excise taxes
- Sex and reproductive health
- Sex offenses
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- State and local government operations
- Student aid and college costs
- Surgery and anesthesia
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- U.S. territories and protectorates
- Violent crime
- Virgin Islands
- Visas and passports
- Women's health
- Worker safety and health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 28, 2020Introduced 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.
