Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2022
Latest action · Jun 29, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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 26, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2022
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, including related to public health emergencies; (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, nutrition assistance, 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;
- specified conditions that disproportionately affect racial and ethnic minority groups, such as certain cancers, HIV/AIDS, kidney disease, and diabetes;
- investments in communities facing health and other inequities; and
- nondiscrimination in the provision of services in federally supported health programs.
Additionally, the bill (1) revises health information technology programs to address health disparities, and (2) supports health impact assessments and other efforts pertaining to environmental justice and social determinants of health (i.e., nonmedical factors that influence health outcomes, such as income and educational attainment).
The bill also requires various studies and reports on issues related to health care and health disparities, including a report by the Government Accountability Office on health workforce diversity.
Cosponsors 83
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 26, 2022 to Dec 21, 2022; 58 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | A. Donald McEachin | Original | Apr 26, 2022 |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Apr 26, 2022 |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Apr 26, 2022 |
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Apr 26, 2022 |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Original | Apr 26, 2022 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Apr 26, 2022 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Apr 26, 2022 |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Original | Apr 26, 2022 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Apr 26, 2022 |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Original | Apr 26, 2022 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Apr 26, 2022 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Apr 26, 2022 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Apr 26, 2022 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Apr 26, 2022 |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Original | Apr 26, 2022 |
Committees 13
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 26, 2022 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Apr 27, 2022 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Apr 26, 2022 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Apr 26, 2022 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Apr 26, 2022 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Apr 26, 2022 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Apr 26, 2022 |
| House | Budget Committee | Referred Apr 26, 2022 |
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Apr 26, 2022 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 29, 2022 | |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Apr 26, 2022 |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Apr 26, 2022 |
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Apr 26, 2022 |
| Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Apr 27, 2022 | |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Apr 26, 2022 |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Apr 26, 2022 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Apr 27, 2022 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 29, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 27, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
- Apr 27, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 27, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
- Apr 26, 2022Introduced in House
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. 168, no. 68, April 26, 2022, page H4511.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47492 | Tax-Advantaged Savings Accounts: Overview and Policy Considerations | Report | Mar 31, 2023 |
Related bills 33
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 13
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 2022
- Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Correcting Hurtful and Alienating Names in Government Expression (CHANGE) Act
- Kidney Disease Research, Surveillance, Prevention and Treatment Improvement Act of 2022
- 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 2022
- Immigrants’ Mental Health Act of 2022
- Menstrual Equity For All Act of 2021
- Data to Save Moms Act
- Sleep and Circadian Rhythm Disorders Health Disparities Act
- End Tuberculosis Act
- Universal School Meals Program Act of 2022
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Adult day care
- Advisory bodies
- Aging
- Air quality
- Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
- Allied health services
- American Samoa
- Appropriations
- Birth defects
- Cancer
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Caribbean area
- Child care and development
- Child health
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Commemorative events and holidays
- Community life and organization
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Consumer affairs
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Dental care
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Digestive and metabolic diseases
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Domestic violence and child abuse
- Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
- Drug therapy
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Due process and equal protection
- Elementary and secondary education
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employment and training programs
- Environmental health
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Family planning and birth control
- Firearms and explosives
- Food assistance and relief
- Foreign labor
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Fruit and vegetables
- Geography and mapping
- Government studies and investigations
- Guam
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- 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
- Higher education
- HIV/AIDS
- Immigration status and procedures
- Immunology and vaccination
- Indian social and development programs
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Juvenile crime and gang violence
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
- Medicaid
- Medical education
- Medical research
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Medicare
- Mental health
- Minority health
- Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- National Science Foundation
- Nursing
- Nutrition and diet
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Puerto Rico
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Rural conditions and development
- Sex and reproductive health
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- Student aid and college costs
- Surgery and anesthesia
- Telephone and wireless communication
- U.S. territories and protectorates
- Veterans' medical care
- Violent crime
- Virgin Islands
- Women's health
- Worker safety and health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 26, 2022Introduced 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.
