HR 6637 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2020

Introduced Apr 28, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Jesús G. "Chuy" García D-IL

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Latest action · Jul 9, 2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedApr 28, 2020
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. 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.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-VAA. Donald McEachinOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-TXAl GreenOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-NJAlbio SiresOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-NYAlexandria Ocasio-CortezOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-MDAnthony G. BrownOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-MAAyanna PressleyOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-NYBrian HigginsOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-LACedric L. RichmondOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-FLDarren SotoOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.OriginalApr 28, 2020
D-PADwight EvansOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-NYEliot L. EngelOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-TXFilemon VelaOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-NYGrace MengOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-MPGregorio Kilili Camacho SablanOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalApr 28, 2020
D-MNIlhan OmarOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-CAJ. Luis CorreaOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-CTJahana HayesOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-CAJerry McNerneyOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-CAJimmy GomezOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-TXJoaquin CastroOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-MDJohn P. SarbanesOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-MAJoseph P. Kennedy IIIOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-OHJoyce BeattyOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-CAKaren BassOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-FLKathy CastorOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-DELisa Blunt RochesterOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-TXLloyd DoggettOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-MALori TrahanOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-GUMichael F. Q. San NicolasOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-MIRashida TlaibOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-CARo KhannaOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-ILRobin L. KellyOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-AZRuben GallegoOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-CASalud O. CarbajalOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalApr 28, 2020
D-ILSean CastenOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-NVSteven HorsfordOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-CASusan A. DavisOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-TXSylvia R. GarciaOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-ALTerri A. SewellOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-TXVeronica EscobarOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalApr 28, 2020
D-OREarl BlumenauerMay 1, 2020
D-CAMaxine WatersMay 1, 2020
D-HITulsi GabbardMay 1, 2020
D-FLVal Butler DemingsMay 1, 2020
D-MIBrenda L. LawrenceMay 8, 2020
D-PABrendan F. BoyleMay 8, 2020
D-CAJimmy PanettaMay 8, 2020
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkMay 28, 2020
D-WADerek KilmerJun 11, 2020
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneJun 11, 2020
D-FLTheodore E. DeutchJun 11, 2020
D-MNAngie CraigJun 26, 2020
D-GADavid ScottJun 26, 2020
D-MDJamie RaskinJun 26, 2020
D-CTJohn B. LarsonJun 26, 2020
D-FLLois FrankelJun 26, 2020
D-NYThomas R. SuozziJun 26, 2020
D-OHTim RyanJun 26, 2020
D-CATj CoxJun 26, 2020
D-MDC. A. Dutch RuppersbergerAug 14, 2020
D-MEChellie PingreeAug 14, 2020
D-VAElaine G. LuriaAug 14, 2020
D-NYHakeem S. JeffriesAug 14, 2020
D-CAMark DeSaulnierAug 14, 2020
D-MIAndy LevinSep 22, 2020
D-MAStephen F. LynchSep 22, 2020
D-CABrad ShermanDec 10, 2020

Committees 11

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Apr 28, 2020
HouseAgriculture Committee
Referred Apr 28, 2020
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Apr 28, 2020
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Apr 28, 2020
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Apr 28, 2020
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Apr 28, 2020
HouseBudget Committee
Referred Apr 28, 2020
HouseVeterans' Affairs Committee
Referred Apr 28, 2020
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Apr 28, 2020
Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee
Referred Jul 9, 2020
Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee
Referred Jul 9, 2020
HouseArmed Services Committee
Referred Apr 28, 2020
HouseHomeland Security Committee
Referred Apr 28, 2020
Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee
Referred Jun 1, 2020

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 9, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
  2. Jul 9, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
  3. Jun 1, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
  4. Apr 28, 2020Introduced in House
  5. Apr 28, 2020Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E403-404)
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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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E403Jesús G. "Chuy" García D-ILApr 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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8

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.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 116-74PANDEMIC RESPONSE: CONFRONTING THE UNEQUAL IMPACTS OF COVID-1955 pagesHomeland Security CommitteeJul 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.

Related bills 38

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 286Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2019Related billJan 31, 2019
S 916MOMMA’s ActRelated billMar 27, 2019
HR 945Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2019Related billSep 9, 2020
S 946Henrietta Lacks Enhancing Cancer Research Act of 2019Related billMar 28, 2019
S 948Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization ActRelated billMar 28, 2019
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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.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 28, 2020Introduced in House

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