3.0.0 3014 2023-01-11T21:19:31Z 2023-01-11T21:19:31Z House H HR 2007-07-12 110 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Hearings by 2008-06-24T13:11:09Z Referred to 2007-07-12T19:48:02Z Referred to 2007-07-12T14:02:40Z hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Referred to 2007-09-11T13:18:47Z Referred to 2007-07-12T14:02:50Z hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee Referred to 2007-08-10T13:17:40Z Referred to 2007-07-12T14:03:05Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2007-07-24T19:44:12Z Referred to 2007-07-12T14:02:45Z hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-07-12T14:03:00Z 2008-06-24 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2007-09-11 hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Committee 2007-08-10 hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Committee 2007-07-24 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2007-07-19 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8124) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-12 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2007-07-12 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Natural Resources, and the Judiciary, 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 2007-07-12 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Natural Resources, and the Judiciary, 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 2007-07-12 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Natural Resources, and the Judiciary, 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 2007-07-12 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Natural Resources, and the Judiciary, 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 2007-07-12 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Natural Resources, and the Judiciary, 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 2007-07-12 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Natural Resources, and the Judiciary, 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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Carson, Andre [D-IN-7] Andre Carson D IN 7 2008-05-01 False S001169 Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7] Joe Sestak D PA 7 2008-05-01 False L000557 Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] JOHN LARSON D CT B. 1 2008-05-13 False A000210 Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] ROBERT ANDREWS D NJ E. 1 2008-05-20 False R000581 Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37] Laura Richardson D CA 37 2008-06-12 False E000215 Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-14] ANNA ESHOO D CA G. 14 2008-06-24 False S000672 Rep. Snyder, Vic [D-AR-2] VICTOR SNYDER D AR F. 2 2008-07-09 False R000576 Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2] C. A. Ruppersberger D MD Dutch 2 2008-07-17 False T000266 Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6] JOHN TIERNEY D MA F. 6 2008-09-18 False Health AIDS (Disease) Access to health care Agriculture and Food Alaska American studies Asian American ethnic groups Black colleges Boundaries Building construction Cancer Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Child health Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil rights enforcement Clinics Commerce Community health services Congressional reporting requirements Data banks Department of Health and Human Services Discrimination in medical care Drug approvals Economics and Public Finance Education Electronic data interchange Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Environmental health Environmental justice Epidemiology Eskimos Evaluation research (Social action programs) Executive orders Executive reorganization Families Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to child health services Federal aid to education Federal aid to health facilities Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government statistics Governmental investigations Grants-in-aid Guam Hawaii Hawaiians Health facilities Health information systems Health insurance Health planning Health promotion Higher education Hispanic Americans Hospital care Hospital rates Housing and Community Development Human immunodeficiency viruses Illiteracy Immigrant health Immigrants Immigration Indian education Indian medical care Indigenous peoples International Affairs Labeling Language and languages Marriage counseling Marshall Islands Medicaid Medical education Medical records Medical research Medical residents Medical screening Medical statistics Medical tests Medically uninsured Medicare Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Mental health services Micronesia Minorities Minorities in medicine Minority education Minority health Native Americans Northern Mariana Islands Nutrition Oceania Pacific Islanders Palau Islands Pharmaceutical research Poor children Preventive medicine Psychotherapy Public health personnel Public hospitals Puerto Rico Rural health Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications Scientists Social Welfare Student loan funds Telemedicine Territories (U.S.) Translating and interpreting Virgin Islands Welfare eligibility Women Women's health Health 00 2007-07-12 Introduced in House 2007-10-11T18:37:56Z Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services 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 technical clearinghouse on health workforce diversity; and (2) Regional Minority Centers of Excellence Programs.

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

Directs each federal health agency to implement a strategic plan to eliminate disparities and improve the health and health care of minority populations.

Requires the Secretary to establish: (1) an Office of Health Disparities within the Office of Civil Rights; and (2) civil rights compliance offices in each HHS agency that administers health programs.

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

Requires the establishment of an Office of Minority Health within specified agencies.

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

Provides for the establishment of health empowerment zone programs in communities that disproportionately experience disparities in health status and health care.

Requires the Secretary to designate centers of excellence at public hospitals and other health systems that demonstrate excellence in providing care to minority populations and reducing health disparities.

Makes immigrants from certain U.S. territories and possessions eligible for specified federal programs.

Requires the Secretary to expand the Minority HIV/AIDS Initiative.

Provides for grants for strategies to eliminate racial and ethnic health and health care disparities.

Requires the Secretary to establish the Rural Health Quality Advisory Commission.

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