I 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2581 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 21, 2009 Ms. Bordallo (for herself, Mr. Honda, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Abercrombie, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Al Green of Texas, and Mr. Sablan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a health survey regarding Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Health Survey Act of 2009.

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Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander health survey

Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 243 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 317T the following:

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Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander health survey

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In general

The Secretary shall award a contract or grant to an entity to develop and conduct a health survey regarding Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders in the 50 States, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau— (1)to identify the unmet health and health care needs of such Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders; and (2)to establish baseline health information (to the extent such information is lacking) to achieve equity in health information for the Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander community. (b)

Targeting of data collection

Efforts to collect data pursuant to this section shall be targeted to those States, the District of Columbia, territories, and affiliated Pacific jurisdictions with the highest concentrations of Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders based on the regular decennial census conducted for 2010. (c)

Analysis

The Secretary shall award a contract or grant to an entity— (1)to analyze and prepare the data collected under this section for distribution; and (2)to submit the data, analysis, and any corresponding documents to the National Center for Health Statistics for internal review. (d)

Public availability

The Secretary shall, to the extent appropriate, make publically available the data, measures, and analysis collected or generated pursuant to this section. (e)

Report

Not later than the end of fiscal year 2015, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress on the activities carried out under this section and the data, measures, and analysis collected or generated pursuant to this section. (f)

Authorization of appropriations

To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the period of fiscal years 2010 through 2015, of which not less than $8,000,000 shall be for carrying out subsection (c).

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