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HR 3561 109th Congress House

Healthcare Equality and Accountability Act

Official title: To improve the health of minority individuals.

Introduced: October 19, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
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May 9, 2006
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2320)
Oct 12, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Oct 12, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Oct 12, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Oct 12, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Sep 19, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 12, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Aug 5, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 28, 2005
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Resources, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and Agriculture, 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.
Jul 28, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 9, 2006

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2320)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Healthcare Equality and Accountability Act - FamilyCare Act of 2005 - Renames title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act as the FamilyCare Program and extends coverage to certain low-income adults.

Establishes the National Commission for Expanded Access to Health Care.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide limited English proficient individuals with improved access to health care, including by establishing the Robert T. Matsui Center for Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Healthcare.

Provides for activities regarding: (1) health workforce diversity; (2) disparities in health and health care experienced by racial and ethnic minorities; and (3) data collection, analysis, and reporting by race, ethnicity, and primary language.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish: (1) the Office of Health Disparities within the Office of Civil Rights to prevent discrimination in federal programs; and (2) the Office of Minority Affairs within the Office of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs.

Restablishes the Indian Health Service as an agency of the Public Health Service to be administered by an Assistant Secretary of Indian Health.

Minority Health and Genomics Act of 2005 - Establishes the Minority Health and Genomics Commission to study issues relating to genomics research as applied to minority groups.

Establishes the Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice and the Federal Environmental Justice Advisory Committee.

Sets forth programs designed to improve the quality of and access to health care for minorities, including by establishing the Health Safety Net Infrastructure Trust Fund.

Requires the Secretary to establish: (1) the Annie Dodge Wauneka and Susan Laflesche-Picotte Native American Health and Wellness Foundation; and (2) a Joint Working Group on Telehealth.

Authorizes integrative eldercare, American Indian and Alaska Native, and oral health telehealth demonstration projects.

 Related & companion bills 1
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 Committees of jurisdiction 13
 Cosponsors 44
All 44 Democratic 30
D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Sep 20, 2006
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Dec 16, 2005
WEINER, ANTHONY
· Dec 16, 2005
KENNEDY, PATRICK
· Dec 14, 2005
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Dec 6, 2005
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Oct 20, 2005
Meek, Kendrick
· Oct 20, 2005
Faleomavaega, Eni
· Oct 19, 2005
Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie
· Oct 19, 2005
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 19, 2005
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Oct 18, 2005
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Oct 17, 2005
Watson, Diane
· Oct 7, 2005
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Sep 28, 2005
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Sep 22, 2005
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Sep 20, 2005
Cardoza, Dennis
· Sep 15, 2005
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Sep 15, 2005
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Sep 15, 2005
Salazar, John
· Sep 15, 2005
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Sep 15, 2005
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Sep 15, 2005
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Sep 14, 2005
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Sep 8, 2005
ORTIZ, SOLOMON
· Sep 8, 2005
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jul 29, 2005
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Jul 29, 2005
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jul 29, 2005
Davis, Artur
· Jul 29, 2005
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Jul 29, 2005
KILPATRICK, CAROLYN
· Jul 29, 2005
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Jul 29, 2005
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Jul 29, 2005
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jul 29, 2005
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Jul 29, 2005
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Jul 29, 2005
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Jul 29, 2005
Bordallo, Madeleine
· Jul 28, 2005
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Jul 28, 2005
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Jul 28, 2005
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Jul 28, 2005
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jul 28, 2005
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Jul 28, 2005
WATT, MELVIN
· Jul 28, 2005
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