3.0.0 4024 2023-01-12T17:52:02Z 2023-01-12T17:52:02Z Senate S S 2006-09-29 109 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-09-29T23:47:30Z 2006-09-29 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10697-10710) IntroReferral 2006-09-29 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10696) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-09-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000439 Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN] WILLIAM FRIST R TN H. N K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2006-09-29 True O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2006-09-29 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2006-09-29 True Health Access to health care Arizona Asthma Authorization Black colleges Cancer Cardiovascular diseases Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Clinical trials College teachers Commerce Communication in medicine Community health services Conferences Congress Congressional reporting requirements Data banks Dental care Department of Health and Human Services Diabetes Discrimination in medical care Drug abuse Drug abuse treatment Drugs Economics and Public Finance Education Education of the disadvantaged Educational statistics Evaluation research (Social action programs) Families Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to Indians Federal aid to child health services Federal aid to education Federal aid to health facilities Federal aid to research Federal employees Genetic research Genetics Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Governmental investigations Health education Health information systems Health planning Health warnings Hereditary diseases Higher education Hispanic Americans Hospitals Housing and Community Development Indian children Indian education Internet Latin America Maternal health services Medicaid Medical education Medical ethics Medical libraries Medical records Medical research Medical screening Medical tests Mental depression Mental health services Mexico Minorities Minorities in medicine Minority health National Institutes of Health (NIH) New Mexico Pharmaceutical research Physicians Preventive medicine Product safety Public health personnel Quality of care Research centers Research grants Right of privacy Rural health Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Strategic planning Student loan funds Texas Translating and interpreting Vaccination Women Health 00 2006-09-29 Introduced in Senate 2006-12-11T21:17:17Z Minority Health Improvement and Health Disparity Elimination Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) provide for the development of an Internet Clearinghouse within the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparity Elimination; (2) provide for programs of excellence in health professions education for underrepresented minorities in health professions; and (3) support demonstration projects designed to improve the health and health care of racial and ethnic minority and other health disparity populations through improved access to health care, patient navigators, and health literacy education and services.

Provides for grants to: (1) design, implement, and evaluate culturally and linguistically appropriate, science-based and community-driven sustainable strategies to eliminate racial and ethnic health and health care disparities; and (2) implement systems of primary care practices to eliminate disparities in the delivery of health care and improve the health care provided to all patients.

Requires the Secretary to establish the Community Health Initiative demonstration program to support comprehensive state, tribal, or local initiatives to improve the health of racial and ethnic minority and other health disparity populations.

Provides for grants or contracts for research to improve the health of racial and ethnic minorities and other health disparity populations.

Requires the Secretary to ensure the collection of data from federally conducted or supported health programs by race, ethnicity, geographic location, socioeconomic position, primary language, and, when practicable, health literacy.

Establishes an Office of Minority Health and Health Disparity Elimination and transfers to it functions of the Office of Minority Health. Requires the Secretary to establish the Advisory Committee on Minority Health and Health Disparities.

]]> Minority Health Improvement and Health Disparity Elimination Act Display Title Minority Health Improvement and Health Disparity Elimination Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the health and healthcare of racial and ethnic minority and other health disparity populations. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Minority Health Improvement and Health Disparity Elimination Act Introduced in Senate 2006-09-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s4024is/xml/BILLS-109s4024is.xml 2006-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10697-10710) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.