3.0.0 3561 2023-01-13T04:50:31Z 2023-01-13T04:50:31Z House H HR 2005-07-28 109 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Referred to 2005-10-12T19:06:05Z hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee Referred to 2005-10-12T19:02:53Z hsed10 Workforce Protections Subcommittee Referred to 2005-10-12T19:00:43Z hsed02 Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Referred to 2005-10-12T18:55:13Z Referred to 2005-07-28T14:14:20Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2005-09-19T19:04:12Z Referred to 2005-07-28T14:14:15Z hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag22 Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee Referred to 2005-09-12T21:42:20Z Referred to 2005-07-28T14:14:40Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2005-08-05T20:00:28Z Referred to 2005-07-28T14:14:35Z hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2005-07-28T14:14:30Z hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing Referred to 2005-07-28T14:14:25Z Healthcare Equality and Accountability Act 109 1580 S 2006-02-10 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1070) Related bill CRS Text similarities House 2006-05-09 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2320) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-10-12 hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. Committee 2005-10-12 hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. Committee 2005-10-12 hsed10 Workforce Protections Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Committee 2005-10-12 hsed02 Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. Committee 2005-09-19 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2005-09-12 hsag22 Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. Committee 2005-08-05 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2005-07-28 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2005-07-28 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2005-07-28 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2005-07-28 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2005-07-28 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2005-07-28 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2005-07-28 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. 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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.

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