3.0.0 1903 2023-01-11T13:30:01Z 2023-01-11T13:30:01Z Senate S 2015-07-30 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-07-30T17:30:17Z Reducing Disparities Using Care Models and Education Act of 2015 114 3285 HR 2015-08-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2015-07-30 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2015-07-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2015-07-30 True Health Child health Congressional oversight Government studies and investigations Health care quality Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Medical research Minority health Health 00 2015-07-30 Introduced in Senate 2015-09-09T19:14:04Z Reducing Disparities Using Care Models and Education Act of 2015

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to contract with the National Academy of Medicine (formerly known as the Institute of Medicine) to study health disparities, existing programs and policies intended to reduce disparities, and priorities for, and expansion of, programs targeting disparities.

HHS must develop guidelines for entities to develop and implement programs to reduce health disparities. HHS must incorporate these guidelines into its activities.

HHS may award grants for programs to reduce health disparities.

The Innovation Center of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must test a payment and service delivery model that includes incentives for reducing health disparities.]]> Reducing Disparities Using Care Models and Education Act of 2015 Display Title Reducing Disparities Using Care Models and Education Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for a study by the National Academy of Medicine on health disparities, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop guidelines on reducing health disparities, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Reducing Disparities Using Care Models and Education Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1903is/xml/BILLS-114s1903is.xml 2015-07-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.