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Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2009

Introduced: June 26, 2009 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 14 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 18, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture.
Aug 19, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Aug 3, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Jul 7, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 26, 2009
Referred to House Natural Resources
Jun 26, 2009
Referred to House Judiciary
Jun 26, 2009
Referred to House Education and Labor
Jun 26, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Jun 26, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Armed Services, Veterans' Affairs, 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.
Jun 26, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Jun 26, 2009
Introduced in House
Jun 26, 2009
Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
Jun 26, 2009
Referred to House Agriculture
Jun 26, 2009
Referred to House Armed Services
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, to establish the Robert T. Matsui Center for Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Health Care.

Provides for health care workforce diversity activities, including the establishment of: (1) a national working group on workforce diversity; (2) an aggregated database on health professional students; and (3) the Advisory Committee on Health Professions Training for Diversity.

Requires health-related programs of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to collect data on race, ethnicity, primary language, and sexual orientation.

Directs each federal health agency to implement a strategic plan to eliminate disparities on the basis of race, ethnicity, and primary language and improve the health and health care of minority populations.

Prohibits discrimination under any health care service or research program or activity receiving federal financial assistance on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability status.

Requires the establishment of: (1) an Office of Health Disparities within the Office of Civil Rights; (2) civil rights compliance offices in HHS agencies that administer health programs; and (3) an Office of Minority Health within specified agencies.

Reestablishes the Indian Health Service within the Public Health Service of HHS to be administered by the Assistant Secretary of Indian Health.

Directs the President to execute, administer, and enforce provisions to address environmental justice in minority and low-income populations.

Health Empowerment Zone Act of 2009 - Provides for the establishment of health empowerment zones in communities that experience disproportionate disparities in health status and health care.

Sets forth programs to reduce health disparities, including by: (1) expanding the Minority HIV/AIDS initiative; (2) establishing the Rural Health Quality Advisory Commission; and (3) revising eligibility requirements for federal assistance programs with respect to individuals lawfully present in the United States.

Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary to implement the Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Program to achieve a reduction of at least 25% in the mortality rate of lung cancer by 2015.

Provides for research and other activities with respect to diabetes in minority populations.

What's happening now June 18, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture.

 Committees of jurisdiction 12