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HR 8067 116th Congress House

Addressing COVID-19 Health Disparities Act

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, to conduct or support rese… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, to conduct or support research related to the United States health care system's response to COVID-19, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 18, 2020 Introduced by: Beyer, Donald S. Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov
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 Latest action August 18, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Addressing COVID-19 Health Disparities Act

This bill requires the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to research the U.S. health care system's response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), including by identifying health care-related factors that contribute to racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 outcomes and strategies to mitigate those factors.

In addition, AHRQ must develop vaccine protocols and strategies in consultation with leaders from populations disproportionately affected by COVID-19 to ensure that such groups have timely access to vaccines.

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Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Aug 18, 2020
ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE
· Aug 18, 2020
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Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Aug 18, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8067: Addressing COVID-19 Health Disparities Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8067/
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"H.R. 8067: Addressing COVID-19 Health Disparities Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8067/.
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H.R. 8067, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8067/.
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