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    <item congress="118" measure-type="s" measure-number="2899" measure-id="id118s2899" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2023-09-21" update-date="2024-02-20">
        <title>Health Equity and MENA Community Inclusion Act of 2023</title>
        <summary summary-id="id118s2899v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2024-02-20">
            <action-date>2023-09-21</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Health Equity and Middle Eastern and North African Community Inclusion Act of 2023 or the Health Equity and MENA Community Inclusion Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill includes Middle Easterners and North Africans (MENA) as a distinct population in the statutory definition of <i>racial and ethnic minority group</i> that applies to efforts to reduce health disparities by the Office of Minority Health of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The bill also requires HHS to conduct a study on health and related outcomes of MENA populations.</p>]]></summary-text>
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